My daughter wanted a little black dress and here’s that request fulfilled thanks to the Bubble Frock pattern by Lydia Naomi. With a fitted bodice and spaghetti straps, this pattern is a sweet summer classic. The empire waist features a subtle…
Now there are some pretty damn adorable toy patterns out there and none more so than those by Jodie Carleton of Ric Rac. We are off-the-chart-excited to have Jodie host our first ever kid’s sewing class at our Melbourne store…
School’s back! At the start of another school year I love to make the girls new pencilcases. This year I made them up in a laminated cotton I bought on our trip to Japan along with these nifty zippers and…
The last school holiday sewing classes proved that successful that these 3 talented ladies went back for another lesson with Bernadette . This time Bernadette got the girls to sew up a simple gathered skirt. No pattern used, the girls…
It’s back to school for the girls. I love the beginning of the school year, it’s always full of promise with brand new text books and new stationery! The girls wanted me to make them custom-made pencilcases – big enough…
My youngest daughter and friends were just as keen to attend the school holiday sewing classes with Bernadette Doherty after seeing what the older girls had made during their sewing lesson. I wondered how these three (around 10 and 11)…
Here’s my daughter Gabby and a couple of friends spending a few hours during the school holidays with Bernadette Doherty. Bernadette was kind enough to run a three and a half hour class for the girls – just enough time…
Remember my post about our incredible 13 year old customer Sophie and her wanting to refashion her mothers old skirts into dresses for herself? Well here is the end result…. Sophie kindly emailed me the images of her great new…
The first time I met Sophie was a few weeks ago when she popped into our Tessuti Chatswood store with her mum. Sophie had an idea to refashion her mothers old skirts into dresses. What impressed me most about Sophie…
The girls wanted to learn to sew today….. So I thought a bag would be a great thing to start them on. Gabby’s Georgia’sClaudia’s They were very proud of their creations and had to take them out to the shops…
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