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Simplicity Sewing Challenge – Best Blogger Feature

Sewist — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:30:28 +0000

This year I thought I would challenge myself by making a skirt. An ideal make for the “best blogger feature” in the Simplicity Sewing Challenge. We were able to pick any of the challenge patterns for this category. I chose the New Look 6346 skirt pattern – I never seem to have the right style of skirt when […]

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New Look 6483

Sewist — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 08:00:00 +0000

The June 2016 edition of Sew Magazine came with a free New Look 6483 pattern – with 5 different styles of tops, all able to be made from non-stretchy fabric, I decided this was one I would definitely get a lot of use from. It’s designed as quite a loose fit, so looking at the finished garment measurements, […]

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New Look 6230

Sewist — Tue, 03 May 2016 09:00:45 +0000

Sew Magazine came with a free New Look 6230 pattern a couple of months ago, and I was drawn to the baseball t-shirt look. It doesn’t have set-in sleeves, which is a nice bonus as set-in sleeves and me don’t tend to get on! I found some really funky fabric, but I decided it was a […]

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New Look 6178

Sewist — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:00:28 +0000

I’ve been struggling to get the sizing worked out for fitted clothing like tops and dresses – no matter how closely I follow the instructions, there’s still a weird bit of excess fabric on the neck, or it’s too snug on the waist. So I thought I’d try using some jersey offcuts I’d bought as a […]

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Simplicity 1556

Sewist — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:30:38 +0000

The trouble with buying bubble bars from Lush, is that they come in a paper bag. Great for the environment, but what do you store it in to stop all the pieces going everywhere? I’ve found some small plastic food containers in Poundland that work pretty well, but then you get a pile of them in […]

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A Strange Coincidence

Sewist — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:36:44 +0000

A few weeks ago, I purchased a really nice looking duvet cover from Primark for 9 pounds. I figured that it’d give me about 2 metres of fabric from each side, so that’s about 2.25 per metre – not quite as good a bargain as the dress duvet cover, but still better than I could get […]

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