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  • Featured Seamstress: Kathleen

    Name: Kathleen Skill Level: Intermediate Pattern: Peony Her Blog: Verbeelding Her Post about the Pattern: Peony What kind of fabric did you use? It’s some kind of rayon that I picked up at the sales corner of my local fabric store. How did you decide to reflect your personal style in the pattern? I went …

  • Palette Challenge: Time for Liberty

    I’m easing into the Palette Challenge this week by starting with a dress that is incredibly simple, in a fabric I’ve been meaning to use for ages. I bought this lawn at Liberty when I was in London over two years ago. For two years, it’s been sitting in my stash calling to me. I …

  • Palette Challenge: Caitlin’s Loopy Peony

    Hi there! How’s your palette challenge coming along? I’m so glad I decided to tailor this challenge to what I could actually manage because I’m zipping along with my three garments. I just finished this Peony dress in pale pink linen. I’d originally thought to do it in pink silk, but decided to use linen …

  • Palette Challenge: A Few of Your Moodboards

    by Rochelle As I looked through the forum at all the lovely moodboards to pick a few for this post, I felt so inspired by everyone’s creativity and color choices. I’m excited to see what beautiful clothes are made this spring. I could’ve picked all of your moodboards, it was hard to choose just a …

  • Featured Seamstress: Katya

    Name: Katya Skill Level: Intermediate Pattern: Pastille Blog: Toasty Knits & Sews Her post about the pattern: Stick a Fork in it Pastille What fabric did you use? Quilting cotton for the bodice and medium weight cotton twill for the skirt How did you decide to reflect your personal style in the pattern? I fell …

  • Palette Challenge: Caitlin’s Moodboard

    I’m keeping it simple this spring since I am notorious for overcommitting and falling short of my goal. To make this challenge more manageable for me, I’ll be making three garments that I need in my wardrobe: a long sleeved shirt, a pretty spring dress and basic skirt. Sarai recently wrote about shopping through your …

  • Palette Challenge: Sarai’s Moodboard

    I feel a little bit like Caitlin and I have switched personalities for this challenge. She’s going to post her moodboard tomorrow and you’ll see that she’s going for the sweet pastels that I usually gravitate towards. Meanwhile, I’m doing some brighter and deeper colors. I’ve been loving coral and cornflower blue lately, and have …

  • Featured Seamstress: Sue

    Name: Sue Skill Level: Beginner Pattern: Peony Her Blog: Sewin’ Steady Her Post about the Dress: “The ‘Good Intentions’ Dress” What kind of fabric did you use? I used some lightweight navy blue & white cotton I’d had in my stash. How did you decide to reflect your personal style in the pattern? Casual dresses …

  • Featured Seamstress: Winnie

    Name: Winnie Skill Level: Intermediate Pattern: Violet Her Blog: Scruffy Badger Time Her post about the pattern: Pink Elephant Violet Blouse What kind of fabric did you use? It’s 100% cotton with elephants all over it! How did you decide to reflect your personal style in the pattern? I am a sucker for piping (& …

  • Simple tips for photographing your projects

    {above image: taking photos of the new upcoming patterns last week! Photo by Caitlin with her phone} I’ve been getting some questions here and there lately about taking nicer photos of the garments you make, be they for your blog, Flickr, or just to share with family and friends. I think my photography skills have …

  • A matchy-matchy Negroni

    This shirt makes me both proud and ashamed. I’m ashamed that it took me so long to get to. Kenn bought this gorgeous Liberty lawn last summer at Britex. It’s Liberty, so you know it was not cheap. We both knew I wouldn’t get to it right away, but I didn’t expect it would take …

  • Featured Seamstress: Katy

    Name: Katy Skill Level: Intermediate Pattern: Beignet Her Blog: Ms. Modiste Her post about the pattern: Beignet What kind of fabric did you use?: 100% wool crepe. How did you decide to reflect your personal style in the pattern? I tend to prefer simplicity and functionality, and this pattern spoke to that with its straight …

  • One Week, One Pattern

    Tilly is doing a really interesting project over on her blog that I thought some of you might be interested in. It’s called OWOP: One Week, One Pattern. The idea is to wear variations of a single sewing pattern for a whole week, which I think is a really fun idea. As Tilly says, “It’s …

  • Featured Seamstress: Christy

    Name: Christy Skill Level: Intermediate Patterns Used: Meringue and Taffy from The Colette Sewing Handbook Her Blog: Little Betty Designs Her Posts about the Patterns: Taffy Blouse and Denim Meringue What fabric did you use? For the Taffy blouse, I used a lightweight, black swiss dot voile, which was lovely to work with and lovely …

  • Featured Seamstress: Sertyan

    Name: Sertyan Skill Level: Intermediate Pattern Used: Ceylon Her Blog: Sertyan’s Sewing Corner Her Post about the Pattern: Colette Ceylon Dress What kind of fabric did you use? Seersucker cotton How did you decide to reflect your personal style in the pattern? I like modern clothes with a retro twist and girly, dainty looking so …

  • The bra-slip (and lessons learned)

    For years (years!) I’ve been looking for loungewear that is cute, feminine, comfortable, and supportive. That last one is really the sticking point. There are tons of cute vintagey-looking slips and rompers out there, but it’s not easy to find one that will support a larger bosom. For most, I’d need to wear a bra …

  • Featured Seamstress: Zoe

    Name: Zoë Skill Level: Intermediate Patterns Used: Jasmine and Beignet Her Blog: One Rainy Afternoon Her Posts about the Project: Beignet and Jasmine What kind of fabric did you use? I used denim with a slight stretch for the Beignet with the facings in quilting cotton (for size 2 you can get all the facings …

  • Featured Seamstress: Rachel

    Name: Rachel Skill Level: Intermediate Patterns Used: Jasmine and Clover Her Blog: Boo Dogg & Me: A Sewing Journey Her Post about the Pattern: Clover Pants and Jasmine Blouse What kind of fabric did you use? I used a white swiss dot cotton for Jasmine, and grey stretch denim for the Clovers (98% cotton, 2% …

  • Blue Clovers with welt pockets

    When I was in high school, my friends and I shopped pretty much exclusively at thrift stores. In true 90s teenager fashion, we wore all kinds of horrible and weird stuff we picked up. One of my friends had a particular penchant for those 70s perma-press polyester pants worn mostly by old men and found …

  • Featured Seamstress: Amanda

    Name: Amanda Skill Level: Intermediate Pattern Used: Oolong Blog: Sewin’ in the Rain Her post about the pattern: Colette Oolong: The Sydney Harbour Dress What kind of fabric did you use? A beautiful Japanese cotton I bought at Tessuti Fabrics in downtown Sydney on a trip to Australia 2 years ago. I love the raised …

  • Featured Seamstress: Alessa

    Name: Alessa Skill Level: Intermediate Pattern Used: Crepe Blog: Farbenfreude Her post about the pattern: First Few Days of May What kind of fabric did you use? A quilting cotton in red with white polka dots from the Holland Fabric Market, and a softer white cotton for the tie and facings. How did you decide …