Gathering Fabric & Supplies

Thanks for joining me in the Venus Kimono Sewalong! You can check out the schedule and read about the Venus Kimono Pattern in my previous blog post. Venus Kimono Sewalong. To get you started you will need to gather a few supplies and your fabric. I always love this part of the process as this is where you see your own ideas and creativeness start to come to life.

Lets start with your materials.

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I’m so excited to invite you to join me for the Venus Kimono Sewalong starting this Wednesday, September 6th!

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If you’ve sewn a few garments  you’ve probably heard the term “grain” and seen grainlines on your pattern pieces. But you may not know exactly what it is and why is it so important? In this post I have a few tips on how to easily straighten the fabric grain.  Continue reading →

In this post my partner, photographer (and #husbandofinstagram) gives his top tips on taking photos of your sewing projects. Whilst he is not a photographer, I must admit, he does have an eye for a good picture though, I can give away one tip of my own – it’s definitely quantity before quality in our case! Continue reading →

I’ve been working on a second version of The Daphne Day Dress pattern for a little while now and I am so excited to let you know that it is  now available for purchase! I have created a full back version of the original Daphne Day Dress which features the cut out back so I could offer this gorgeous dress pattern to sewers who prefer a full back but love the original style of the Daphne Day Dress.

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Last weekend I decided to clean up my sewing room. It’s always a great feeling, it clears my mind and I find patterns and fabric I’ve forgotten about. I found a Burdastyle magazine (issue 12/2016) and this ruffle mini skirt style #105 caught my eye. Perfect for the cool wintery weather here at the moment.

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It started as just a simple little thing to do on a wintery Friday. Pop a post up on my instagram and ask you, why you sew. And what happened next was truely incredible…

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Once again I was thrilled with the response to my call out for testers for my new Gypsy Swing top pattern.  I am so lucky to have regular testers to work with and testers who are very good at their craft.

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This dress was my attempt at replicating a dress from the Stop Staring retro clothing website ( A very catchy name for a clothing website).  I originally blogged about it five years ago on my original Nine Stitches blog. Wow! How fast does half a decade go? Continue reading →