Happy New Year folks! We hope you and yours enjoyed good times over the Christmas break. You’ll have noticed, not unusually for this time of the year, that our blog has copped a bit of neglect over the last…
This kid, my little step boy, is all about comfort when it comes to wearing stuff. So if I make him something it’s always with a sense of trepidation because so help me, if there’s the slightest scratch to…
Y’know, it wouldn’t be a true hand-sewn birthday gift if it wasn’t late. And so it was. Late, that is. Almost two months, in fact. But the way I look at it, perfect timing for spring because this shirt ain’t…
Here’s some cute for you. A little cape that Melbourne regular Helen made for her granddaughter Scarlett (my how she’s grown!). The pattern is ‘M’, from this Japanese book: The outer fabric, a navy self-patterned wool, is unfortunately sold…
Last month, I received a lovely email from Anna. I’d helped her to select some Liberty fabrics to make these gorgeous bloomers for her niece and she very kindly sent these pics to show me the final product. Here are…
This popular girl’s pattern book GIRLS STYLE BOOK is now available in English. The book includes 24 designs for pretty blouses, tunics, dresses, bolero etc with full-scaled pattern sheets for sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. RRP is $29.95….
Sometimes it’s the simplest things that work the best… …but a magical fabric helps too. Winged Convention – an Alexander McQueen 100% cotton – sold out in a flash. I didn’t use a pattern for this skirt. It’s just a…
Cute Imogen was happy to pose for me, this dress made by her mummy. Liberty Of London tana lawn Wiltshire Cranberry and Pattern R from Japanese pattern book Happy Homemade Vol.2 was used along with sweet details like these flower…
This is Gabby’s Design and Technology creation for school. The brief was an age appropriate garment for a child. Gabby chose McCalls 5796 to make a dress for her little cousin using a combination of cottons – Eyeballing Yellow and…
A sweet, simple frock for E. To say that she loves this dress is an understatement. The pattern – M – is from this book… …and the fabric is our linen/viscose White Check (also available in black at our Melbourne…
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