Tessuti Melbourne

From Sand Hill Como to a linen smock top

  Judith works in our Melbourne store and, like me, is a great lover of all things linen. This amazing smock top, inspired by a found image and created from her own pattern, is made up in our Sand Hill…

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Autumn Dreams Jersey/Ponti Dress

Regular Melbourne customer Clare is a designer/dressmaker based in the Ballarat area. Mostly, we shoot the fabric breeze over the phone but it’s always lovely to see her in person. She recently visited us wearing this very simple, striking dress…

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Burda 7286 in Nickled Jacquard

Here’s a stunning jacket made by Melbourne regular Kate. The pattern is Burda 7286, view B minus the pockets. It looks super classy and is made to absolute perfection in our Nickled Jacquard.

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My Bad – Melb skill-building session (TAKE TWO)

Oops…turns out I got my dates wrong for our latest Melbourne skill-building session. It wasn’t last Friday – it’s actually this Friday! Details below: This month’s FREE skill-building session is all about one of my personal, frequent sewing frustrations –…

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Rachel and Jared

  Last week, we received an email from recently-wed Rachel. Not so long ago, she came into our Melbourne store and purchased Cut-out Floral Tulle in Ivory (also available in black and white) to make up for her wedding day….

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The clutch

Been on Pinterest lately? The world’s gone all clutch-crazy. Check out this fabulous version, handmade by Melbourne staff member Brianna* and gifted to a fortuitous friend. The outer is a black French lace (Chanure Spiral Wheels – available in Melbourne…

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Sleeping Beauty and Tessuti

Image © Martin Philbey (source) How this picture rocks my fabric and colour-loving world! Through our stores, we have the very good fortune to deal with a number of incredible costume designers and buyers. Last year, we had Victorian Opera…

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