sew your own clothes – Janine Sews

Vogue 1568 Ponte Tunic

I focusing on sewing wardrobe basics - those pieces that will go with anything in the closet. This is the first piece in a set of coordinates.

Indie Patterns, Sewing

Anticipation – Cashmerette Webster Dress

10 March, 202110 March, 2021by Janine Sews5 Comments

This project was shared on Fabric Mart Fabric's Fabricista blog on March 10, 2021. Fabric Mart provided me with the dress fabric, thread and pattern in exchange for this blog post. If you're a regular reader of my blog or watch my YouTube channel you will know that I have bought a lot of fabric [...]

Indie Patterns, Sewing

Toaster Sweater Version 2

3 March, 2020by Janine Sews7 Comments

I love cold weather and we've actually had a few weeks of it so I decided to make up a couple more Sew House 7 Toaster sweaters. Early in 2019, I made two sweaters using Version A of the pattern (polo neck with banded sleeves and hem). I didn't really take a look at Version B [...]

Indie Patterns, Over 50, Sewing

Sewing Workshop ~ MixIt Top

9 June, 201915 June, 2019by Janine Sews5 Comments

A couple of months ago Linda Lee of The Sewing Workshop spoke to my chapter of the American Sewing Guild. Linda inspired me to make my limoncello Kalle top, and I also wound up purchasing a couple of patterns, one of which is the MixIt Top. I've looked at Sewing Workshop pattern envelopes and I'll [...]