Masha Richart

Garden Party dress? It would look amazing with a sheer overlay. Just cut the pieces twice and sew them as one.

Sympathetic understanding to all; what a pip!! Next one (of whatever you have messed up) will brilliant.

Yes, I had precisely that problem, today. I found that clicking the ‘submit’ button carefully, and slowly enabled my ‘comment’ to be accepted. Doesn’t really make much computer-sense but whatever it takes, eh?

Dear Forum members,I found out a short while ago c/o of their blog that Francessuzanne (the sewing sisters who fell in love with Oliver + S patterns a few years ago), have suffered a terrible and shocking loss. Their brother-in-law, Eric, husband to their youngest sister, Sara, and father of their adorable nieces died suddenly, and mysteriously on…[Read more]

Dear Forum members,I found out a short while ago c/o of their blog that Francessuzanne (the sewing sisters who fell in love with Oliver + S patterns a few years ago), have suffered a terrible and shocking loss. Their brother-in-law, Eric, husband to their youngest sister, Sara, and father of their adorable nieces died suddenly, and mysteriously on…[Read more]

Dear Forum members; c/o of a post on their blog, I found out a short while ago that Francessuzanne (the sewing sisters who fell in love with Oliver + S patterns a few years ago, have suffered a terrible loss. Their brother-in-law, Eric, husband to their youngest sister, Sara, and father of their adorable nieces died suddenly, and mysteriously on…[Read more]

Not enjoying my sewing experience at the moment! I made this very beautiful puppet show tunic yesterday and spent time hemming it by hand. I decided to do the buttonholes this afternoon and this is where we welcome the disaster! The tunic is made of cotton with a raised window pane pattern on it. My machine has decided to put on yet another…[Read more]

Not enjoying my sewing experience at the moment! I made this very beautiful puppet show tunic yesterday and spent time hemming it by hand. I decided to do the buttonholes this afternoon and this is where we welcome the disaster! The tunic is made of cotton with a raised window pane pattern on it. My machine has decided to put on yet another…[Read more]

I just clicked on the link through the Oliver and s site and immediately it came up with saying it lost the server. It took me ten minutes to post one message last night because it kept coming up saying error! Yes I have had it seize on me also. Its been happening for a while now.

The denim quilt is pretty big, 140×225cm (50″×90″). This was what I was aiming for as my friend is about 6’4″ (190cm) and his eldest son is already that height at 15! Being very tall myself, I hated beautiful looking blankets that didn’t cover both my feet and shoulders! So I made it extra long, this should also allow multiple members of the f…[Read more]

The denim quilt is pretty big, 140×225cm (50″×90″). This was what I was aiming for as my friend is about 6’4″ (190cm) and his eldest son is already that height at 15! Being very tall myself, I hated beautiful looking blankets that didn’t cover both my feet and shoulders! So I made it extra long, this should also allow multiple members of the f…[Read more]

Well as luck would have it, I placed a carpet rug under the sewing table and an old cot blanket under the machines and I think it has done the trick. I managed to sew successfully throughout sleeptime yesterday without waking her up! Not that there was heaps of noise before hand but the vibration of a rattling table seemed to unsettle her. I also…[Read more]

Well as luck would have it, I placed a carpet rug under the sewing table and an old cot blanket under the machines and I think it has done the trick. I managed to sew successfully throughout sleeptime yesterday without waking her up! Not that there was heaps of noise before hand but the vibration of a rattling table seemed to unsettle her. I also…[Read more]

OH yes, J; buttonholes make me very anxious, too. Even when I practice many times on scraps of the same fabrics with interfacing etc, things still go ‘wrong’ too often for me to feel superconfident. Sometimes when the task looks extra tricky, I go for press studs instead – a lot more work but less stressful. Good luck with your sewing for school…[Read more]

OH yes, J; buttonholes make me very anxious, too. Even when I practice many times on scraps of the same fabrics with interfacing etc, things still go ‘wrong’ too often for me to feel superconfident. Sometimes when the task looks extra tricky, I go for press studs instead – a lot more work but less stressful. Good luck with your sewing for school…[Read more]

Yes sewing has been attempted but not exactly carried out at this end too! Today however, I managed to sew the side seams on both the family reunion dress and puppet show dress. I am hoping to finish both of them over the weekend.

Yes sewing has been attempted but not exactly carried out at this end too! Today however, I managed to sew the side seams on both the family reunion dress and puppet show dress. I am hoping to finish both of them over the weekend.

I haven’t done a lot of sewing recently. But today I finished the denim quilt I’ve been working on 🙂