Calgary Stampede Gear 🤠 The Calgary Stampede is powered by volunteers and this year, I joined the ranks. I'm on the Art Show committee, specifically working on the Creative Arts and Crafts competition. (I entered garments in the competition in 2023 and 2024 but didn't win anything.) As a volunteer, there is an expectation that… Continue reading Creating the Perfect Calgary Stampede Shirt
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Me Made May 2025
Time for the annual wardrobe challenge In 2010, blogger Zoe of So Zoe What Do You Know created Me Made May. (Zoe also is the voice behind the Check Your Threads podcast.) If it's new to you, here is Zoe's description of the challenge: MMM is a wardrobe challenge that helps you improve your relationship… Continue reading Me Made May 2025
Cashmerette Harrison Shirt
Like many people with curves, I struggle to find button-down shirts that work for my body. If the placket doesn't gape then it's a shapeless sack. If it has any shape then the placket gapes. My last experience with Cashmerette convinced me that I need to take a closer look at their patterns so I… Continue reading Cashmerette Harrison Shirt
Jacket Express with Recycled Denim
A couple of years ago I bought the Craftsy class on industry sewing secrets ("Sew Better Sew Faster") taught by Janet Pray. The class came with the Jacket Express pattern from Islander Sewing Systems. I didn't watch the class and just filed the pattern away. My Bespoke PJs got me into Round 2 of the… Continue reading Jacket Express with Recycled Denim
Bespoke PJs
As usual, Pattern Review announced the Sewing Bee contest challenge and I was compelled to enter. This year, Round 1 was pyjamas for an adult. My husband made a couple of sad comments (😕 I need new pyjamas. Can your entry be for someone other than you? 😿) So I made PJs for him. The… Continue reading Bespoke PJs
McCalls 6802 ~ Spring Cardigan
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
Janine Sews 