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This is a denim Capelet I drafted and made a few months back. I was inspired by the Burberry capelets I have seen in the mags and online. I haven’t drafted many patterns in the past few years so it was a nice easy project to get my head back into it. I used Pattern making […]

I have not been doing a lot of sewing lately. I think there are a number of reasons. It’s winter and I like sewing summery stuff.  I race bikes and have been doing a lot of training lately and I started making a tailored jacket that I have got sick of so can’t seem to get beyond […]

Ok, I know this is a blog about my sewing but I am so proud of my son at the moment that I just have to share with my fellow sewers.My seven year old son Oliver raised money for the Childrens Cancer Center by having his hair shaved off.He initiated the idea himself and raised […]

My challenge today was to create a Batman outfit in roughly two hours. Why? Because I promised my son that I would buy him a new Batman outfit for not crying when I dropped him off at School. Poor little fella, he just started Prep this year and has not been coping very well at all. […]

 I purchased this fabric from Tessuti about a year ago. It’s a gorgeous Dolce and Gabbana 100% silk satin from Italy. It was a very expensive fabric but there was a bit of a special on at the time so I bought a couple of meters to stash away. I hung on to it for a while because I was never […]

This is my entry for the RTW Designer Knockoff Contest.
 Let me tell you, it is no fun having your photo next to a gorgeous model! How can one compare? 
Maybe a wig would help.
 I did a bit of research on the net and magazines to see what trends are current now and starting pinning a […]

Woo hoo! My dress has made it into the final for the Burdastyle Sewing Vintage Modern Contest.I didn’t intend for this dress to be the “one” for my entry because I didn’t read the fine print where it said you can only enter one dress. I had plans on making another amazing out fit to […]

This is my second project out of the BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern book. I really loved the look of the bell sleeves on this top, very “hippy, bohemian” inspired. I had a gorgeous black Japanese 100% Cotton seersucker with self print and eyelet detail in my stash which I had picked up from Tessuti a while ago and thought this would […]

Sewing enthusiasts please check out this music video made with embroidery and sewing implements. Is this  Directed, filmed, and produced by Christophe Thockler the clip uses 10,000 photographs of needles, thread, cloth and embroidery, mixed with clever lighting techniques to produce a fun video for Favorite Place, the latest track by US pop rock band […]