Starting point: New Look 6449 Sewed up a wearable muslin from a white cotton bedsheet. Put the sleeves in flat; … More
Tag: this is a sewing blog now
Woven trousers from knit joggers pattern
It’s a long shot, but I’ve got excess cotton-linen plaid check, a massive heatwave to dress for, and a healthy … More
Mouse’s Culottes – completed and modelled!
So exciting!!! Finally got to see my sister and give her her birthday present, which also means I got to … More
Constructing Mouse’s Culottes
THIS FABRIC IS JUST SO MUCH FUN, MAN. I was worried this kinda-beefy crepe wouldn’t press well and would lose … More
Postscript to the green velvet dungarees
Nothing’s finished until you’ve worn it a couple days and made at least a few more edits to it, right? … More
Pattern matching methods
Comfy town: completed green velvet dungarees
Woohoo!! 4th(?) hand-made garment completed, including a pretty massive pattern-hacking endeavour. Plus matching scrunchie, ‘cos if it’s not face-mask fabric, … More
Green velvet joggers become dungarees
Ok kids, when I left off on these, I was wearing their basted selves for a day to see if … More
Good morning to the green velvet joggers
Ok I slept on it (briefly), and also found these very helpful looking articles on shortening front rise and back … More
Where is my waist anyway? Fitting the green velvet joggers
You can laugh, but the first easiest fit note is the one I talked myself out of at the beginning … More
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