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Hi @fitdoc Ava

May I suggest Farmhouse fabrics http://shop.farmhousefabrics.com/stores_app/Browse_dept_items.asp?Shopper_id=773110202142467731&Store_id=198&Page_id=17&categ_id=31&parent_ids=0&name=Corduroy,+Prints
And Fabric.com https://www.fabric.com/find?SearchText=Cool+cords

Robert Kaufman has a fantastic range of soft beautiful quality…[Read more]

The dress looks awesome @caraskates. I’m assuming the embroidery was done by machine?

Hi Sharon

I was just looking at the body measurement chart and if your son has a 25″ waist then he would fit into a size 12. I have only made the smaller sizes and for a little girl (of course because my son doesn’t ask for creative ideas for costumes). They are true to size I think and so if you were to pick between an 8 or 10 I would certainly…[Read more]

@reeni Thanks. My daughter drew me a picture of what she wanted and the Metro will fit the bill for what she wants. However, you could do the raglan and I actually (when I was looking for inspriation) looked at the carousel dress design lines to see how this would work. I am seeing cold shoulder tops that are fitted t shirts and also strappy tops…[Read more]

Thanks @lightningmcstitch and @liesl it makes perfect sense. In fact I found a tutorial that actually pictorially explains it so all I need now is some time to actually implement it. Thanks again and yes pics are on there way too.

I took the children to “railfest” this past weekend, an exhibiton day that is held by the volunteers of the Rail museum in our local capital city. Whilst there we took some time out to play in the small playground before heading home again. My 21 month old hasn’t had a lot to do with playgrounds so was watching some children slightly older than…[Read more]

My book arrived today and I wasn’t expecting it until next week. It’s a fab book and it will happily distract me this weekend when I am away from my sewing room.

Sounds lovely Heidi.

I am still making my Harrison shirt in tencel denim and also my cone denim Gingers are almost complete.

I have Afterschool pants to hem and thread elastic into.

The hot weather is about to hit so I am preparing to sew t shirts, skirts, sundresses and shorts etc for myself and the girls. And I am thinking Christmas….

I was running the bath for my almost 21 month old daughter last night. I was out of the room getting her towel and things and when I came back I saw that she had shifted the bathmat which seemed to be wet and was standing at the chest of drawers trying to get hold of a new mat. I asked her did we need a new mat? She said “yes a towel” to which I…[Read more]

How exciting @avashmava! I love baby girls and their layettes😉 having a recent one myself who is now a toddler and in need of size 2 (already?) clothes she’s tall for her 21 months of age but slimmer than my two older children (and has waaay more of an outdoorsy nature to boot!)

The kwiksew 3586 was really quite blousy for my taste – I will use…[Read more]

Con denim still hasn’t arrived!☹️ I am continuing on with my kwik sew tailored rayon shirt.

@Liesl no worries! We had enjoyed exchanges rate well past parity for a good while that now that we aren’t it seems a hard slog to make the decision. This is an absolute no brainer!

@renee I had to laugh at the express postage being about $76 US ! To get to Australia in like 3 days! I am happy to wait a little while because it is worth the wait…[Read more]

I have just ordered my book – I am now wishing we could adopt the US currency to skip out on the expensive exchange rate – I know this book will be worth every cent of the almost $70 Australian dollars I spent just now – 😱 And I am very much looking forward to having it in my hot little hands.

@enbee what about Art museum trousers? Because it is a wider fabric, you could easily get a pair of these from a yard.

I have finally finished my Ginger jeans and have cut out an Appleton top to hopefully wear tomorrow to try it out.

I am hoping the cone denim is in the mail tomorrow so I can get going on my second pair.

If not oh well it is a project for the weekend as term is ending and I have an extended school run to conduct on Friday.

I might, all things…[Read more]

@vothgirl with your knitting, they have been pieces haven’t they? So if they have (I know you had at least one) in essence, technically speaking you HAVE been sewing – just with wool and knitting and not in the conventional sense.

Thrilled to hear Ben is coming home – praying he gets home in time. It makes it all the more special for all of you.…[Read more]