Kwik Sew 4254 ~ Winter Wear

25 January, 20196 May, 2019 Janine Sews9 Comments

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I like cold weather and I've been excited to sew up some gear for frigid temperatures, Atlanta style. The Pattern Kwik Sew 4254 is a zipper front hooded coat - what we called a Parka in my part of the Great White North. This particular pattern appealed because… Continue reading Kwik Sew 4254 ~ Winter Wear

McCalls 6802 ~ Spring Cardigan

20 January, 20196 May, 2019 Janine Sews11 Comments

It's early January and I'm not heading anywhere tropical so I shouldn't really be sewing Spring garments, but Pattern Review had a contest ... For the 2019 Sewing Bee on Pattern Review, the challenge for Round 1 was to make a knit cardigan inspired by Pantone's colour of 2019 - Living Coral. There was plenty… Continue reading McCalls 6802 ~ Spring Cardigan

Sewing · Simplicity

Simplicity 1499 Again

6 January, 20196 May, 2019 Janine Sews6 Comments

Simplicity 1499 is great for cooler weather especially in quilted velour