Deb

Oh the scissors. My son came up to me with my office/paper scissors and said they weren’t cutting. I examined them and found sticky gunky tape residue on them. My son is a tape fiend. I told him they wouldn’t cut because they were covered in sticky residue. I watched the light bulb click on over his head. I washed them. I gave him the evil…[Read more]

@caraskates cord can look especially lush if you reverse the nap a la @liesl 🙂

I have a Brother SE400. I don’t have any software, but I did use a trial version of Sew What Pro when I was doing some monograms. There are a ton of resources online for Sew What Pro.

If you are just doing designs, you generally don’t need software, unless you are going to merge designs or alphabets. Call me an enabler, but the absolute…[Read more]

Love the idea of an embellishment challenge.

I have plenty of mash up ideas. They are just stuck in my head for now.

I agree with sateen for choice. It will look slightly dressier also. Don’t be afraid to add a little bit of colour into the mix. Even though my son wore the Christening gown I had already made, I made a silk romper for him to wear to my sister’s wedding the same year, in ivory silk and lightblue mini piping. It was perfect and very manly looking…[Read more]

What top are you planning with the pants? If the top hangs over the pants you’ll have less pressure getting a perfect fit. I would vote for a sateen for the pants to give them a little structure. A cord would be my second choice.

If you are making the top too…do you have a way to monogram the front? I think an all white sailboat set with a…[Read more]

Hi @caraskates, I think they will look adorable.

I have a tute here http://fiveandcounting-motherof5.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/short-cut-sailboat-pants.html if you would like a look at the construction (apologies for the dated graphics, I was in my colour phase)

These are a great trouser to size up, which will give you that longer leg you are…[Read more]

Hello everyone! If all goes as planned we will have the pattern mash-up linky party up on the blog Tuesday January 5th, look out for it then!

I ended up sewing a Garden Party Dress (my first one) in red with gold piping. My girl had been asking for a Garden Party dress for at least 1.5 years! Now she finally has one.

I ended up sewing a Garden Party Dress (my first one) in red with gold piping. My girl had been asking for a Garden Party dress for at least 1.5 years! Now she finally has one.

Yes I was thinking the same thing. I have enough for both the tunic and dress in the size 12-18 months which is what she is currently moving into. I cut the bubble dress using the Children at play border fabric. I just love this pattern.

I am hoping to cut the pinwheel dress and tunic today and also (maybe) a teaparty dress. It was so stinking…[Read more]

Yes I was thinking the same thing. I have enough for both the tunic and dress in the size 12-18 months which is what she is currently moving into. I cut the bubble dress using the Children at play border fabric. I just love this pattern.

I am hoping to cut the pinwheel dress and tunic today and also (maybe) a teaparty dress. It was so stinking…[Read more]

Yes I was thinking the same thing. I have enough for both the tunic and dress in the size 12-18 months which is what she is currently moving into.mi cut the bubble dress using the Children at play border fabric. I just love this pattern.

I am hoping to cut the pinwheel dress and tunic today and also (maybe) a teaparty dress. It was so stinking…[Read more]

I confess I was hopi g to grab a moment to sew one last item for 2015 but didn’t get there. However, I am starting the sewing year off with a bang as I have traced six patterns in the new size required and am currently dilberating over which would be more suitable for my lovely and very precious Liberty lawn. Amongst them is the Pinwheel dress and…[Read more]

I confess I was hopi g to grab a moment to sew one last item for 2015 but didn’t get there. However, I am starting the sewing year off with a bang as I have traced six patterns in the new size required and am currently dilberating over which would be more suitable for my lovely and very precious Liberty lawn. Amongst them is the Pinwheel dress and…[Read more]

The only time I truly saw my parents fight is when my mom found my dad cutting linoleum floor tile with her good scissors. (As kids we knew using the sewing scissors would be punishable by no less than death.)

The only time I truly saw my parents fight is when my mom found my dad cutting linoleum floor tile with her good scissors. (As kids we knew using the sewing scissors would be punishable by no less than death.)

Oh, hang on @reeni, do you mean wool fabric for sewing, or wool yarn for knitting?

Done!

Woo hoo, it is not a blazer but may satisfy those yearning for one….