2019 is definitely going down as my year of shirts and here’s one that came from absolute kindness. A few months ago, Jasika posted a pic of this pattern on Instagram. I left a comment confessing to some serious pattern…
I originally professed my deep and abiding affection for Butterick 6178 in this post and then I promptly went and made two more pairs. As I mentioned back then, I went a little colour cray-cray on a second pink pair….
Let me start out by saying that there are many, MANY things I love about sewing. But one of the things I love most is the pure pleasure that comes with simply trying something out. For the fun of it….
Here she is. Looking lovely and oh so grown up! For Gabby’s formal dress our style and colour inspiration came after seeing the beautiful Erdem Margot red lace dress on Pinterest. Soon after, we received a delivery of this stunning red chantilly French…
Here’s the next stage of Gabby’s formal dress in the making! After sewing this first toile in calico and fitting it onto the body, I then made the style and fit changes to the original pattern. I eliminated the deep dart at…
Today I started working on the toile for my daughter’s school formal dress. I’m using a Butterick pattern for the base with some slight changes. It’s looking good so far, just need to make the necessary fit adjustments to the…
Hi Colette – Tracy here in Perth (Remember me? – I made the Primaluna fuschia coat!) Thanks for your comment on my blog – I’ve been meaning to send you pics of the Painapurra creations!We call them the “Hawaiian Honeymoon”…
Over the long weekend, I made up this top for Miss R. The pattern is a vintage Butterick picked up from an op shop long, loooong ago. Funny how it’s a size 12 but somehow managed to fit this (granted,…
I discovered this gem of a pattern whilst browsing through Lisa’s extensive collection of vintage patterns, a couple of month’s ago. I knew instinctively that this 70’s pattern Butterick 4873 was for me and going to be perfect made up…
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