Last winter, I noticed a big hole in my wardrobe: a winter coat that wasn’t just a ski jacket. This wasn’t always a hole in my wardrobe. In fact, I have a beautiful duffle coat that I made 6ish years ago. But it doesn’t fit anymore. Because climbing shoulders. So I just made do with wearing my ski jacket every…
A friend alerted me a couple months ago to a big “buy 1m, get 2m free” sale at one of our local fabric stores, so I went the next day. I ended up picking up some ribbed swim fabric and a piece of neon pink mesh, and I was thinking I’d try to make my first bathing suit as well…
Ever since Helen’s Closet released the apron expansion for the York Pinafore, I’d been meaning to make one. Four years later, I’ve finally made not one, but two! But neither of them are for me. This post features my mum and sister with matching York aprons! I got this lovely Rifle Paper Co. canvas from someone in a fabric swap…
I’m not sure how it happened that this is my first blog post of 2022, but I’m going to blame it on work being really busy, and me taking on too many big projects at once, getting overwhelmed, and then not wanting to do any of it. But I’ve been trying to eliminate works-in-progress to help with the overwhelm, and…
I totally still have holiday sewing to do, but I had an urge to make this dress so I did that instead. I’d been wanting to try the Birgitta Helmerson zero waste gather dress for ages, and I made this one only using supplies from my stash! It’s my first time sewing a zero waste pattern, so I wanted to…
