Welcome to day 8 of the Roly Poly Along! I was super excited when Rachael, the sweet genius behind Imagine Gnats, asked me to take part in the Roly Poly Pinafore blog tour. Not only has she written a fantastic first pattern, she also happens to be a creative inspiration to me. She has so [...]
One afternoon recently when the house was in dire need of a good vacuum I decided to make myself a new shirt. Vacuum house or sew? Sew new top of course. Apart from wanting to avoid housework, Made by Rae is hosting her annual Spring Top sewalong and I wanted in on some of that [...]
Hello! Have you been following the Japanese Sewing Book Series over at You & Mie? I’m guest posting there today about pattern layout and I am so excited to be part of the series. If you are not already familiar with Cherie’s blog you really need to be. Not only is she incredibly warm and [...]
Those pants I mentioned A needed a while back did get made shortly after the dress and tunic. High five self! I used the kids pants tutorial by Dana from MADE and followed her excellent instructions to make them with a flat front, lining, and pockets. The pattern is one size but thankfully they just [...]
I am excited to announce that Naomi Ito’s incredible new collection for Kokka, nani IRO 2013 has arrived and is in the store. I am still waiting on three woodblock pocho prints, but they should be here sometime this month. In the meantime, I am happily overwhelmed with how gorgeous this collection is and have [...]
With lots of wonderful new fabrics arriving for the shop recently I have sewing constantly on my mind. What to make, what to make? The little one needed a bag to take to preschool for her toothbrush and cup so I whipped up this small drawstring bag for her. The fabric is Candy Party tsuzuki [...]
Hello sweet ones. Happy New Year! 2013 has gotten off to a pretty slow start around here but I guess that is not a bad thing. I’m super excited for a year full of sewing though and this year I am going to make a serious effort to document everything, no matter how simple the [...]
Looking back over this past year I realised I have done a lot of sewing but almost no blogging. That has made for a pretty lonely looking blog so I’m going to make efforts to change that, starting right about now. Earlier this year I made a lovely double gauze scarf which is perfect for [...]
Hi, hello. I recently made a dress that I love, in fabric that I love, with a pattern that I love. That’s a lot of love! It’s the Washi Dress by Made By Rae in nani IRO brushed cotton. There are so many beautiful dresses in the Washi Flickr pool but I was especially drawn [...]
I am so grateful to everyone who shared their favourite sewing patterns! In the end I did not go with one of the patterns recommended, but that is not because I didn’t love them. The opposite is true in fact. I had too much of a hard time choosing! And although I did not sew [...]
