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Something quick, cheery and simple
After that intensive week of couture sewing with Susan Khaljie, I needed something quick and simple. Also, at that time were having crazy heatwave conditions and I needed something light and airy to...
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Butterick 5600: the business shirt turned dress(y)
I'm slowly making my way through the hoard of fabrics that I acquired last year (which I confessed to here in this post). This time I used a cotton shirting fabric that I bought from My Hung fabrics in...
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Psssst! Wanna win a Baby Lock overlocker?
The Australian Sewing Guild is once again running its Castaway to Couture sewing competition and this year's first prize is an Eclipse DX overlocker from Baby Lock Australia. All you have to do is...
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Burda of the month: 2/2017 #108 cropped jacket
I've been very slow in starting my Burda challenge this year - here we are in the middle of April already and I haven't posted a single project yet. But I recently finished a project from the January...
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Last minute cocktail dress
I was packing away my summer clothes on the weekend now that our weather has finally cooled down, and I came across a cocktail dress I made for the Sydney Frocktails back in February. I wanted to post...
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Burda of the month: 3/2017 #115 the ridiculously wide pants
I've made my Burda of the month project from the March issue, but I am currently unmaking it, because frankly it's a big fat failure. Ah well, they all can't turn out amazing and it's only fabric and a...
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Burda of the month: 1/2017 #119 cowl neck top
I made my January Burda project way back in April, but I held off posting about it because I wasn't entirely happy with it and wanted to make some tweaks to it. I'm still not happy with it, so I'm...
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de ja vu: my Castaway to Couture competition entry
I wasn't planning on entering this year's Castaway to Couture competition run by the Australian Sewing Guild, despite the amazing prizes on offer. I was just plain out of ideas, but the weekend before...
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Burda pants again and bonus Style Arc top
Usually when I make a dud project I put it into a big box with all the other less than ideal projects with the vague idea that one day I'll remake it into something else. That box is as large as my UFO...
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Oooh la la! A classic French jacket
The very cold weather we have been having in these parts lately has meant quite a  few nights on the lounge under a blanket but it has resulted in me finally finishing my classic French jacket. Sure,...
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Burda Challenge: 6/2017 #103 tie neck blouse
My Burda magazines are arriving later and later each month - now they don't arrive until mid to late of the following month. But that's not a problem because I'm quite behind in this year's challenge,...
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A Sydney blogger making a Sydney jacket....groundbreaking
Judging by my instagram feed, it seems practically everyone has made Tessuti's Sydney jacket at least once (some people several times even!). As usual I am late to the game - due to my contrary nature...
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Susan Khaljie and Dior in Australia!
I've just spent an amazing weekend in Melbourne with a big group of like minded sewers seeing the House of Dior exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (as well as a little bit of fabric...
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Animal print is a wardrobe staple, right?
For my recent trip to Melbourne to see the Dior exhibition I had a mini panic about not having anything to wear (even though my wardrobe is heaving). The weather forecast was for cold and rainy weather...
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What to wear on top of the world
Apologies for the blog silence but I have had an eventful few months lately. I spent most of November having a solo holiday in Nepal, most of October preparing for my adventure and the last few weeks...
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Post cards from Nepal
I hadn't planned on posting many photos from my holidays because this is a sewing blog after all and looking at other people's holiday snaps can get a little boring! But in the comments to the last...
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Nine birthday dresses
Another January means another birthday dress I've sewn for my daughter. Since she turned 9 this year I decided to let her choose the fabric and the pattern - this way I know she'll like it and wear it....
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New Look 6106: The Big Ease
After seeing some great versions of summery a-line skirts made from New Look 6106 on IG in the last few months, I decided to buy a copy of the pattern during a recent pattern sale at Spotlight. For...
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Burdas of the month: 4/2017 #116 and 12/2016 #110 - clothes to survive a...
Looking back through my blog archives I discovered that I started my Burda of the month challenge way back in 2012, inspired by ReadyThreadSew who sadly no longer blogs.I didn't do very well in my...
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Burda 8/2009 #128 - the queue jumper dress
The reason I don't participate in SWAPs (Sewing With A Plan) even though I think they are eminently sensible is because as soon as I make a list of projects to sew I will sew anything but what is on...
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