Friday 30 October 2020
Colour blocked Sapporo, and has the update addressed all the issues?
Thursday 29 October 2020
Leopard print matching joggers
I used the tried and tested Papercut Anima (tweaking for a couple of things) for my pair, and the amazing Mini Modern Joggers by Brindille & Twig for Freya. In fact, I enjoyed making Freya's pair so much so that I made another contrast pair from the remnant! 3 pairs of joggers in 1 metre each of the plain maroon and leopard French Terry, plus 0.5m of matching ribbing. Can you get more efficient than that! Warning - DO not try this at home, at least without lots of time spent planning first! In all honestly, I ended up with absolutely zero remnant of the French Terry, and just a bit of the ribbing. So much to love about this project!
There are lots more details over on the Flamingo Fabrics blog - pop over to find out my review of the Mini Modern Joggers pattern, the changes I made to my second pair of Anima, and alternative patterns to consider. Enjoy!
Thursday 22 October 2020
A little update and a tutorial (easy hacks for a FREE T-shirt pattern)
It’s been a while, my dear readers. I’ve been sewing (colour-blocked Sapporo jacket anyone?), but not quite blogging about them just yet. Truth be told, I’ve been struggling health wise since Aug, where my eyes are swollen and red all day long due to a suspected allergy to an unknown allergen. Sigh. It’s uncomfortable to say the least, and not very photogenic at all! Initially I thought that it would pass within a few days, then a couple of weeks, and now over 2 months have passed… you know how it is! On the plus side, I am seeing specialists and trying all sorts of things to put this frustrating chapter behind me.
That’s enough doom and gloom for now! We are all otherwise doing fine during these crazy times, and consider ourselves very lucky to be staying safe, and enjoying quality family time together.
This brings me to my next point – I have a little tutorial
to share with you today, which features cute photos of Freya. She is over on
the Flamingo Fabrics blog today, modelling some easy hacks that you can make to
their FREE kids T-shirt pattern. Yep, you read that right – there is a FREE (via
newsletter sign-up) T-shirt pattern in town! It’s lovely (though to be fair, any T-shirt pattern
with a seam cover detail gets my vote), and I’ve shared a few ways and
ideas of jazzing it up.
Enjoy and stay well!