Hey, we all love piecing together dozens of pages of pdf patterns, right? (wink). So maybe you have wondered if there is a faster and better way of doing this? To figure this answer out once and for all, I…
Hey, we all love piecing together dozens of pages of pdf patterns, right? (wink). So maybe you have wondered if there is a faster and better way of doing this? To figure this answer out once and for all, I…
A big part of activewear for women is finding a good sports bra, and preferably one that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. So the idea of sewing our own is a pretty appealing idea. Luckily the range of…
Last Sunday I posted a video about how I store my sewing patterns, and in the comment sections on YouTube and on the blog, I got so many amazing pattern organising tips from you guys. This is the sort of…
I’m not a huge collector of vintage patterns, but if I’m in a vintage charity shop and find something I like, that is in my size, I will probably buy the pattern. Which happens like once a year or so!…
Every time I try sewing up a new pants pattern it’s a scary process. Sewing trousers is hard. Period. That said understanding the fit process is a good step in the right direction. And once you figured out a few…
There are quite a few cardigan sewing patterns out there these days, but not many patterns for sewing sweater sets and classic crew neck cardigans, that are not v-neck. So I figured I should do a round-up post with with the…
Do you work on several sewing projects simultaneously or do one project from start to finish before doing the next one? I’ve always done the latter and until recently it even didn’t occur to me that the other option was…
Last week I bought two new (to me) German pattern magazines, Fashion Style and Sabrina. I’m looking for some fall inspirations and found some styles in these magazines that will work very well for the sewing projects I have planned.…
I’ve been sewing for over 30 years and boy has sewing changed a lot during this period! I’ve been through both sewing recessions and sewing booms and seen many pattern companies and fabric stores come and go in the process.…
So here is my finished varsity sweater! I have already showed you a tutorial on how I made the varsity letter (J as in Johanna of course!) and here comes the actual sweater, which BTW took less time to make…
It’s not often that I call a pattern “genius”. In fact I’m a pretty discerning sewist, that often nitpicks little things that I feel could be better. But this Burdastyle button front skirt pattern from the May 2012 issue, is…
This was garment number two in my Sewing for Sicily project, the Burdastyle Peter Pan blouse And boy, did it turn out to be a handful! I’m gonna be upfront and admit that I’m not very proficient when it comes…