A full length frontal view of the Amy Jumpsuit in striped fabric, tied with a fabric belt around the waist

Amy Jumpsuit: Stripes Away

Ahhh, this fabric! Sometimes a sewing project is all about a pattern. Other times, it’s all about the fabric! When I was fortunate enough to make my first (only) ever…

Me Made May 2019 featuring The Curated Closet

Revelations and Resolutions Can we all just agree that, in the sewing community, we all make our “New Year’s Sewing Resolutions” in June, just after Me Made May? It makes…

A full-body photo of Beck wearing a Deer and Doe Sirocco jumpsuit with navy pants, mustard ribbed belt and navy and white striped bodice

Sirocco Jumpsuit

Work-ready pyjamas anyone? Of Deer and Doe’s most recent pattern release, the darling was surely the lovely Sirocco Jumpsuit. If instagram is anything to go by, I’m certainly not the…

Saraste Shirt Dress from Breaking the Pattern in Nani Iro Linen

Saraste Shirt Dress: Breaking the Pattern

This beauty is the Saraste Shirt Dress from Breaking the Pattern. Which, in case you’ve been living under a sewing machine cover, is maybe the best sewing book ever, from…

Palisade Pants by Papercut Patterns in Ivory Pin Stripe Tencel Twill from Meter Meter

Palisade Pants

I feel like I’m stuck in something of a sewing cycle at the moment where I am swinging from great success to abject failure – with not much middle ground…

Zadie Jumpsuit by Paper Theory Patterns in Chambray Linen from The Fabric Store

Zadie Jumpsuit Perfection

Zadie, Zadie, Zadie, Zadie… Can we just officially declare the Zadie Jumpsuit by Paper Theory pattern of the year and be done with it? Look I’m even doing the jumpsuit…

Jasika Blazer by Closet Case patterns in a wool/cashmere blend from The Fabric Godmother

My Jasika Blazer of Glory

If a daffodil-coloured Jasika Blazer representing a great leap forward in sewing skills and attitude isn’t the perfect way to welcome in the Northern hemisphere spring, then I don’t know…

Ruska Knot Dress from Breaking the Pattern in merino jersey from The Fabric Store

Ruska Knot Dress: Breaking the Pattern

So, it seems I am sewing my way through Named Clothing’s Breaking the Pattern Book. So far I’ve sewn a Saraste shirt/top, Rae pants and an Utu Pinafore. Today, it’s…

Utu Pinafore from Breaking the Pattern in Atelier Brunette Shimmer Jacquard

Utu Pinafore: Breaking the Pattern

I’d been looking for a smart, put-together piece of work wear for those days at work when I need to actually look like I’m a lawyer. You too? Enter Utu……

Ravine Dress by Papercut Patterns in MeetMILK tencel geo crepe from Meter Meter

Ravine Dress: Bias Baby

Today I’ve got the Ravine Dress from Papercut Patterns because, like many of us, I pretty much fell in love with all of Papercut’s Geo Collection the moment I saw…