Darcy Struble

Whilst attaching the skirt to the bodice of the croquet dress I am making today, I discovered that I attached the skirt wrong side out. It happened TWICE!

That blouse does sound lovely @withloveHeidi. I have just cut the 12-18 month size pattern for the class picnic blouse also with a view of using it soon.

I made a start on the croquet dress this morning while Chloë was sleeping. I am up to attaching skeeves, top and skirt.

I have to stitch the back placket of the last two remaining Playdate…[Read more]

That blouse does sound lovely @withloveHeidi. I have just cut the 12-18 month size pattern for the class picnic blouse also with a view of using it soon.

I made a start on the croquet dress this morning while Chloë was sleeping. I am up to attaching skeeves, top and skirt.

I have to stitch the back placket of the last two remaining Playdate…[Read more]

@enbee I can only add my story. If I upload photos, privately, they seem to stay that way, even after I change the settings, for a period of time.

If I want a photo to be public, I upload it publicly.

Flickr can be a bit temperamental.

I am sorry not to be more help.

@rebecca just to throw things into the mix, have you looked at this one at all? http://violettefieldthreads.com/products/sloane-skinny-jeans-pattern.

Probably not what you are after but thought I would put it out there anyway.

I think it would finish it very well if you included the detail on the sleeve. It’s lovely.

I have had to do this a lot. It sounds like my daughter is built similarly to your son – if I was going by the size chart she would wear a 2 with the length of a 7! I was given a bit of advice by Liesl a couple years ago, though, to only size down the width a couple sizes from the length, to preserve proportions. I find that this works for…[Read more]

Pan cake day!

I had a large bag of oranges left at our door so I made these http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/pancakes-with-orange-sauce-L6750.html?ref=recipe_collection_view%2Csweet-sauce-recipes

So very very good!

Hi Connie @totter2
Fusible web is like double sided interfacing. It’s used to stick two different fabrics together.
If you want white windows, you’d have to cut rectangles of white fabric and use fusible web to stick it down.
Thus, your windows can be whatever you want them to be.
If you don’t have fusible web, you could use fabric glue, or pins…[Read more]

Hold this thought for the weekend @enbee we’ve got a blog post coming up with lots of inspiration for jeans from Oliver + S patterns!
My all time favourites were mashing the back half of the After School pattern with the front half of the Field Trip! But there are other great examples.

I just finished my second playdate dress for the week! I will finish the last two on the weekend after I have returned from a long distance school run.

The croquet dress is still in bits btw.

The weekend has a stint of tracing and cutting patterns included in the schedule, hopefully involving my teenage daughter (seeing as the patterns are for…[Read more]

I just finished my second playdate dress for the week! I will finish the last two on the weekend after I have returned from a long distance school run.

The croquet dress is still in bits btw.

The weekend has a stint of tracing and cutting patterns included in the schedule, hopefully involving my teenage daughter (seeing as the patterns are for…[Read more]

To all our Belgian friends, sending our thoughts and orayers to you all. Hope you are all ok!

To all our Belgian friends, sending our thoughts and orayers to you all. Hope you are all ok!

Yes I admit I like the vogue one best also.
Hope it helps. It can’t be easy knowing there is major surgery coming up. i hope everything goes very well and that your friend makes a full recovery.

Heidi isn’t it crazy how it “thinks” it knows better?!

I am just finishing off the hems of the three playdate dresses this morning. I had hoped to finish them yesterday but we had a storm that took our power so that put paid to that!

I am hoping to get started on a croquet dress I’ve had sitting there for a while. I lost the ribbon I bought for…[Read more]

Heidi isn’t it crazy how it “thinks” it knows better?!

I am just finishing off the hems of the three playdate dresses this morning. I had hoped to finish them yesterday but we had a storm that took our power so that put paid to that!

I am hoping to get started on a croquet dress I’ve had sitting there for a while. I lost the ribbon I bought for…[Read more]

Take a look at these… All are button up and the McCalls one is printable
Vogue 8964
Butterick 6837
Maccalls 4244

Choosing something like lawn would be perfect as you want something that is a natural fibre so it won’t irritate the skin around where they operate. Hospitals tend to be warm year round also – I was told they keep a temp of around 25…[Read more]

Take a look at these… All are button up and the McCalls one is printable
Vogue 8964
Butterick 6837
Maccalls 4244

Hope this helps! Good luck!
Tamara