Japanese fabrics

Pattern Review – Simplicity 2516

Sorry about my brief disappearance! I’ve been busy working on new arrivals, uploading them on the online store and sorting out the final and very exciting details about this year’s Tessuti Awards (to be launched very soon!)…so you can say…

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Pattern Review – McCalls 6027

Hands up, how many of us are still wanting to make up summer clothes despite the obvious change in weather? Me! me! me! … and so it seems is Charlotte, who wore this dress to work today. Charlotte say she’d…

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Pattern Review – Vintage McCalls 2157

Here’s a pretty dress for Nellie in one of our Japanese cotton prints (this design has sold out) and trimmed with our French rose pink grosgrain ribbon, made up in this 1957 vintage children’s pattern McCalls 2157 . Isn’t this…

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Pattern Review – Vogue 8295

We had our last Sew Inn classes for 2010 in Tessuti Surry Hills last Saturday. It was a great end to a fabulous term and we’ll be updating the website with the new dates for 2011 Term 1 very soon….

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Fabric Feature Of the Week – Black Eyelet Seersucker

Here’s another inspiring pattern review for those of you looking for the perfect summer maxi dress. Melbourne blogger, Nicole from Ruby Slippers Vintage has made up our Fabric Feature Of The Week, Japanese 100% cotton Black Eyelet Seersucker in Burdastyle’s…

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Kobe Navy Static Tunic

Yep, you can say I’ve become a little obsessed with the Japanese Pattern Books but I can’t think of anything better to take along to make up in my weekly sewing classes. I’m happy to be ticking off the patterns…

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