Rachel Le Grand

Thanks Nicole!

I did put a drawstring in my hood, and am so thankful. I can walk into the wind and rain and that hood doesn’t budge! I can cinch the drawstring in with a toggle and it holds it nice and tight.

I wish I had put an internal pocket in mine as I am always a bit worried about my phone getting wet.

I agree about the topstitching and…[Read more]

Awesome!

It goes over the head okay?

There have been some really lovely raincoats made, I know @beachmom made a very professional one, as did @katybellabug.

I made one, for my son, using oilskin/dryzabone fabric. I couldn’t iron the seams so I used a tongue depresser and a bit of brute strength to ‘press’ the seams open.

Someone, recently commented that they wished they put a draw…[Read more]

@Jane, thank you!

Have you heard the Vinyl Cafe podcast, Dave Cooks the Turkey? It is so funny.

@katybellabug, I told you so!

@katybellabug, I told you so!

What a pain but clever you for finding a fix!

My little ones have enormous heads as babies (they almost need staking, like dahlias) I tend to do a head tug check before finishing off.

Absolutely, Happy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate it.

Is it a set day? Or like Mothers Day, it floats?

Ha! Just turned my Firefly Jacket the right way out and had to do a happy dance for how those sleeves work. Very impressed!

Ha! Just turned my Firefly Jacket the right way out and had to do a happy dance for how those sleeves work. Very impressed!

Thank you sosew.

I am so grateful to Janice, Deb and Amanda, for organising the sew along.
Or Trixie would be wearing Hugo’s old coat.

Hurrah @sosew, you finished, well done.

Trixies is a bit big but as the wool is so soft, moulds about her and is definitely wearable!

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Hurrah @sosew, you finished, well done.

Trixies is a bit big but as the wool is so soft moulds about her and is definitely wearable!

On my fabric sits the cat
And there’s nothing wrong with that
She protects it, you see.

@runciblespoon my pleasure!

I think it would be sweet! I know I make fun of it (bad childhood memories), but you’ll do it in the classiest way possible. Go for it!

Every time someone asks me about fleece, I always give the same answer – the old Malden Mills – now this website: http://www.millyardage.com/ for yardage. That’s what I used to make my daughter a hooded sweatshirt from the raglan shirt pattern recently – I used Polartec 100 weight which I got at a ridiculous sale for $2.25/yard. I definitely…[Read more]

I find this list so useful, thank you Kim!

I use it for a checklist and (dangerously) a shopping list too for all the ones I haven’t got and want!

It’s time for my favourite show
But to the sewing room I surely must go
A project is waiting