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Sewing Pattern Review: Vivian Shao Chen Nepheline BlouseAbout the PatternThe Nepheline Blouse Sewing PatternThe Nepheline Blouse is a great, shirt-style blouse to sew if you don't want to get caught up with collars and cuffs. It has modern design lines and an...
The Sewing Blog Post for all the Sewing Blog Posts!Sewing Blogs, are they even still a thing?Over on Sewing Instagram, Alice Irvine (@its.alice.irvine) recently created a reel which questioned, in her usual comedy content style if being a blogger was still relevant...
Sewing Pattern Review: Tilly & The Buttons Pearl CardiganAbout the PatternThe Pearl Cardigan Sewing Pattern The pearl cardigan is a not a new pattern and although it has been on my radar for a while now, it never quite made it to the top of my priority. That was...
It is no secret that I love the patterns from Marsha Style. With the exception of the Sia dress, I have sewn them all and have been privileged to be a tester on her last three pattern launches (The Shameka, The Grace and the Cortney), so there was no doubt in my mind...
I have always had curves, even when my whole body wasn't quite so curvaceous, I have had an unwieldy bust, never being smaller than an F cup in my adult days. This means that some clothing is just a pain in the butt to get to fit nicely, shirts, or anything that...
"The most fabulous Secret Pyjamas Yet!"We’ve been in a level 4 lockdown in Auckland now for 5 weeks and I’ll be honest, it was my boredom of track pants that sent me to my pattern files looking for comfort lounge wear inspiration. I bought the Sallie jumpsuit pattern...
As we are in the depths of the Southern Hemisphere winter, my instagram feed is full of pretty summer dresses of the Northern Hemisphere Summer. I have been longing for a 'prettier' make and so on a bit of a whim I made a coat! Not at all light weight and floaty, but...
Skinny jeans are dead! Ok, I lied…. So this season has been all about jeans for me. I had an off the blocks victory with my Halfmoon 101 jeans and thought I could conquer the world! I quickly moved onto the Muna and Broad Noice jeans in a high leg wide leg and...
I started out this year with the Papercut Nova Coat in my grid of 9. I had a plan for a new coat and I had thought this would be the one. I don't know what it was that gave me second thoughts, but I started to look around. My next plan settled me on the Shoalhaven...
When I first decided I was going to learn how to sew a dress, this was the pattern I bought. I remember the day I decided to get cracking on my new year’s goal. I opened up the packet, lay the tissue paper out on my office floor and stood there puzzled and...