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Joining the puff sleeve party December 23, 2020 Jumper/Cardigan

The lovely lady behind newish Western Australian pattern company called NAMEthelabel is a friend of a friends. Industry trained, but keen to bring her patt… Read more

French fabric sewn in Warrnambool December 14, 2020 Sew

I brought this medium-heavy weight Lithuanian linen on a @stitchingupparis tour on 23 September 2017. I remember the happy day very well, but I did have to lo… Read more

Grainline by the train line July 6, 2020 Jumper/Cardigan

My liberty fleece Linden Sweatshirt (or jumper as I prefer to call it) would be my most worn me-made garment ever. So much so… that after four years of co… Read more

Flower power July 6, 2020 Sew

With several other enthusiastic Melbourne sewists, I ventured to the Obus fabric and clothing clearance sale in Brunswick in January 2019. I picked u… Read more

Wild about Ida July 5, 2020 Sew

As a Fibremood Ambassador, I receive a preview of the patterns in each issue a few weeks before release with the opportunity to sew up one of the patterns and sha… Read more

The ant’s pants July 2, 2020 Sew

Meet Joni. Joni is a track pant from StyleArc with a slightly dropped crotch, curved leg seam and long leg cuffs. I sewed Joni (we are on first name basis now!)… Read more

Anna and the technicolour dream top July 1, 2020 Sew

It’s hard to believe that I used to dress to be invisible, to blend in. I prefer the colourful, more confident me, who loves to accessorise, but I acknowl… Read more

A jigsaw puzzle with all the right pieces June 28, 2020 Sew

Scrap busting smugness… that’s how this project makes me feel. It combines leftover fabric from three garments that are all still on high rota… Read more

A little ray of Cielo sunshine June 27, 2020 Sew

During ISO I was cutting out a project and had a reasonably large piece of teal linen left over and I wondered if there would be enough for a Closet Case Patterns C… Read more