Japanese fabrics

Doing it for the squids – Alice and Geranium

Here’s some looooong overdue kids sewing. They both chose fabrics during the Christmas holidays and, well, being summer AND holidays I took my fair time in sewing them up. Fortunately, they got in some good wear before things got chilly…

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Libby’s summer cotton dresses

Libby (from Ballina) emailed me images of these great dresses she made up in our Japanese 100% Cotton Pink Ane and Liberty of London Red Chrysanthemum (sold out). This simple and stylish dress pattern is her own creation, it’s just front and…

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My Gabby

We’ve had a pretty amazing response to our Gabby Dress Pattern. Here’s my version made up in The New Order, a Japanese rayon. I used two panels and interlined the front and back. Oh I do love me a trans-seasonal…

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Pattern Review – Gabby Dress Pattern

Here’s Bella again, this time in a dress she made up at her sewing classes. The fabric she chose for this dress is our Japanese 100% Cotton He Said Ok.  This simple dress pattern is just perfect for when you want…

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Bella’s Designer Shorts

Meet Bella. She’s a gorgeous 15 year old and long time buddy of Gabby’s, recently the two girls have started sewing together after school at Bernadette’s sewing classes. Like most young girls, Bella loves fashion and is up to date with the latest…

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Anthea’s Honey Blouse

Here’s Anthea, from Mudgee wearing this lovely top she made up in The Honey Blouse pattern. The teal/pink print is a soft and drapey Japanese cotton/rayon (also in these other colourways). The fabric was a gift from her lovely sister-in-law Leith,…

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