patterns

I made this dress for the Perfect Pattern Parcel #6. It is the Odette dress pattern by Bluegingerdoll. At the time I made it my partner who is my resident photographer was away on a surf trip so I didn’t get as many shots up as I’d like. I met up with him on the […]

This is the latest Pattern Parcel #6. I have been super duper busy lately and haven’t had any time at all to sew so this dress was made in a day and I have had to do some “selfies” as my partner who is also my photographer is away on a boys surf trip. I tried […]

This little number is part of a fun project called Perfect Pattern Parcel. I was kindly asked if I would participate and how could I say no as it supports Indy designers and raises funds for children’s education. Win Win! I chose the Staple dress because it looked more my style than any of the […]

This is my latest project which has been a learning process. I decided I wanted to draft my own pant/jean pattern as I haven’t done a lot of drafting since I studied it about 15 years ago. All of my blocks were made to my measurements (pre kids) back then so I think my body shape has […]

It’s always hard to find fun and funky stuff for boys.There is plenty of great fabric but the patterns are very basic and daggy.You need to use your imagination alot! I picked up some polar fleece from Spotlight a while ago which I thought was kind of cute. It has a black background with different […]

A friends little boy celebrated his first birthday today. Since getting my sewing mojo back and having the kids away for three days at Grandpa and Baba’s I had the perfect opportunity to sew something for him. Luka the Birthday Boy. Happy Birthday! I had the fabric in my stash which was purchased at darn cheap […]

This is the “girls” version of the tee pee I made previously for my boys.   I donated this one to the kindergarten and as you can see they love it.   The kids made a card for me to thank me for it which is really special Ava enjoying the tea party

My friends little girl is turning three next week. What a great excuse to sew a little girls kimono top.I have two little boys so it’s a lot of fun to go fabric shopping for floral and brightly coloured patterns.I found this fabric at Spotlight and made the bias binding out of some spotty patchwork […]