Summer Sewing Love [with new patterns]
We have 2 new patterns that have launched, and one of them is completely FREE for you guys!
How to add pockets to knit shorts [FREE POCKET PATTERN]
Now I can’t tell you for the life of me why I didn’t add pockets to the #206 Ladies Retro Gym Shorts pattern to start with. But I thought it presented a good opportunity to do a post about adding pockets to, not only this pattern, but to pretty much any knit shorts (or pants for that matter) pattern that you have.
How to gather knit fabrics with clear elastic [Tutorial]
So, it has been a while, but I am adding to my Youtube channel again today, continuing on my series of videos demonstrating some basic knit sewing techniques that I use in my patterns. I will be posting more tutorial videos as well as demo videos on how to sew my patterns on there, so subscribe to my channel…
Fast Fashion Death Match – Get ready to throw down!
If you watched the recent ABC series War On Waste you were probably as surprised and appalled as I was to find out that in this country (Australia), we throw away 6000 KG of fashion and textile waste every 10 minutes. In the episode covering the issue, the waste was put down to our love of…
Make yourself some luscious lounge wear [Pattern-for-pennies]
I made myself some new capri length lounge pants this week for kicking around the house in, and they are JUST. SO. COMFY. I had nothing else scheduled on the blog so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to share the love 🙂 I have got for you today a Pattern-for-pennies!! A capri length…
Berets and Cardi’s and Boots Oh My! [NEW PATTERNS]
My husband has this saying that he likes to bring out when either of our daughters mentions that she wishes that life was this way or that, or that she had this trinket or that. He likes to tell them to hold out their hands, and then he volunteers to spit into one while they…
2 x T-Shirts = Cute Summer Dress [Tutorial]
A couple of weeks ago my daughter (4 yo) decided that wearing a skirt and t-shirt to daycare was unfashionable and embarrassing, and each morning sobbed about getting dressed into this sun safe but ’embarrassing’ combination. Being the dutiful (read tired of arguing about it) mother that I am, I whipped up this little sun…
How to Sew $3 Rash Vests for Kids [Pattern-for-pennies]
Well I promised it weeks ago, and finally here it is! The long-awaited rash vest post. If you are sewing up some swimwear for your kids you might want to check out my other kids swimwear posts: Sew… Some Stretchy Swimming caps [Pattern-for-pennies], Are freezer paper stencils possible on Lycra/Spandex??, and Super Summer Swim Bottoms [Pattern-for-pennies]. But for…
Sustainable Zero Waste Mum Sewing – I finally made something for myself
I would like to start this post by apologizing – 2 weeks ago, on Instagram, I promised a follow up to my kids swimwear posts (Sew… Some Stretchy Swimming caps [Pattern-for-pennies], Are freezer paper stencils possible on Lycra/Spandex?? and Super Summer Swim Bottoms [Pattern-for-pennies]). I promised to post a rash shirt pattern. Neither last weeks post or this…
Sew… Some Stretchy Swimming caps [Pattern-for-pennies]
I have 2 daughters, and although they are only little (4 and 6 years) between them they have an awful lot of hair. We find the best way to control all that hair in the pool or at the beach is with swimming caps – the soft super stretchy type made from Lycra or spandex. So…
Sew 4 Bub 