A journey towards sustainable sewing
Every year around Feb/March, I update this list so that I can add new free patterns, check/update all the links and remove all the patterns that are no longer available for free (TIP: they don't always stay free, so if you see a pattern you like, I recommend you download it!). This year I have…
So this week I asked on Instagram if people minded seeing out-of-season makes. The answer on instagram was a resounding NO, people don't mind seeing makes that aren't seasonal, people want to see the sewing regardless of season! AND it just so happens to be perfect timing for all my southern hemisphere followers so I…
Image from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Manus x Machina Exhibition Often in the home sewing community we talk about our 'handmade wardrobe' and say things like "Ooh almost x% of my closet is handmade!" OR "Hey! Check out my new handmade dress!", we use hashtags such as #HandmadeWardrobe to find other sewists and connect…
Welcome to the new-look blog, what do you think?! I've been working away in the background to give the blog a little refresh, I used to work in Systems back in another lifetime and it was so refreshing to work with coding and widgets and all that fun stuff again, I hope you like it!…
It's not been a secret that I have zero budget for sewing. We live on a very tight income and if I want to buy fabric or patterns I basically have to sell stuff on eBay to make a bit of spare cash for my hobby. Please don't think I am complaining, we have…
Money is extremely tight for a lot of households at the moment and we are all spending more time indoors looking for welcome distractions. As my small way of helping, I have spent hours updating this list of over 100 FREE sewing patterns to make sure all the links work and add in everyone's suggestions…
Do you ever order fabric online and then completely change your mind what you are going to make once it arrives and you feel it?! I ordered this denim chambray expecting to make the Merchant and Mills Ellis Dress but it was far too lightweight for the wintery version I had in mind. This was…
You may have already seen this blog post over on the Sewcialists blog but if not, here it is... I am so excited that the theme this month is denim as it is my all-time favourite fabric! It’s my favourite fabric to sew as it behaves well under the sewing machine and it’s my favourite…
I've designed a pin! I am no graphic designer but I've managed to do this! The idea of a sewing version of the 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' logo has been floating around in my head for a year or more and I am crowdfunding to make this dream a reality. What is crowdfunding? You might ask...…
Hello! As I am sure you are probably aware - I keep a pretty big list of FREE sewing patterns. While I can't possibly test them all out, I do like to try some of them - don't we all love a freebie?! This time I decided to have a go at the insanely popular…
