Projects
Navy Striped Knit T-Shirt – Kwik Sew 2184
It’s hard to find striped knit fabric in an Adelaide Fabric store, so when I found some I grabbed it. And Kwik Sew 2184 was the perfect match.
Projects
12oz Indigo Denim Jeans – Seamwork Tessa Number 3
I love making jeans, and when I found some heavy denim, 12oz in fact, at The Fabric Store in Adelaide for only $8 a metre, I knew they would be perfect for some hardwearing jeans. They would also be ideal for my talk at the Mitcham Hills Sewing Guild group Read more…
Projects
Aqua and Navy Circles Top – New Look 6374
My top which I’m calling my “Aqua and Navy Circles Top” started with a sale on Liberty fabric at The Fabric Store in Adelaide. The plan was to get some Tana Lawn to sew a top. I’d only used Tana Lawn previously as a lining for my Closet Core Patterns Read more…
Projects
Kwik Sew 2895 – Red Jacket
Time for a bit of colour in my wardrobe with a red denim-style jacket using cotton drill.
Sewing
Overlocker Review: Janome MyLock 644D
I have only owned one overlocker, the Janome MyLock 644D. I had been sewing regularly for quite a number of years before I took the plunge and purchased it to finish garment seams. Previously, I had used a triple zig-zag stitch, bound edges, french seams or lined a garment to Read more…
Projects
Back Off Shirt with Spoonflower Fabric
This is what I’ve called my husband’s “Back Off Shirt”. It’s the second shirt I’ve made from my first Spoonflower fabric order. It’s another cotton poplin shirt so all of the techniques I used in the previous shirt, the History of the Apple Shirt, could be replicated with this one. Read more…
Projects
History of the Apple Shirt with fabric from Spoonflower
The first fabric to use from my first Spoonflower order was the History of the Apple by 1stPancake in a Cotton Poplin. It has lots of images related to Apple Computers on it – the Macintosh, Macintosh Portable, iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad. This print was chosen by my husband to Read more…
Projects
My First Time Ordering Fabric from Spoonflower
I’ve wanted to buy custom printed fabric from Spoonflower for a while and when they had a 20% off sale I thought it was a great time to try it out. Happily this coincided with a number of events. My husband had thrown away some worn-out shirts, his birthday was Read more…
Books
Book Review: A History of the Paper Pattern Industry
A review and summary of the book “A History of the Paper Pattern Industry” written by Joy Emery, using research by Betty Williams and her own.
Sewing
Sewing Machine Review: Janome Memory Craft 3500
I bought my Janome Memory Craft 3500 sewing machine in 2003 and if I remember correctly it was around AU$900. Up until then, I’d used my Mum’s sewing machine and the one thing I didn’t like was the buttonhole. It had 4 parts so you would need to do each Read more…