On the day before Christmas Eve I decided that I should sew something to wear on Christmas Day (ok I should have planned this earlier!). I searched for an easy pattern which hopefully can be sewn within a day. I chose this light cowl dress pattern (no. 123) from Burda’s 01/2013 magazine which can be … Continue reading »
After almost two and half weeks of occasional sewing, I finally managed to finish the vintage Vogue 8942 dress which I mentioned in the previous post. I used a greyish viscose suiting fabric which I got from Stone Fabrics as the fashion fabric and a tiny piece of vintage kimono silk crepe as facing which … Continue reading »
Last week has been my most non-productive sewing / crafting week so far because of 3 reasons: Reason 1: I was at a sustainability training course for work for most of the week and there’s going to be an exam in a month’s time (the last time I studied properly was more than 8 years … Continue reading »
Since my last post about baby clothes pattern, I managed to make a baby sleeping bag using Kwik Sew’s 3089 pattern. I chose the long sleeves mitten style and used a dinosaur print fleece which I found on Ebay. The sleeping bag used only 0.7m x 1.5m fabric and it was really quick to make. … Continue reading »
