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
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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
Autumn ’18 Sewing Bee
Sewing Bee: noun. Old-fashioned A small informal social gathering (usually of women) based around the activity of making or mending clothes or other things with a needle and thread Collins Dictionary This weekend my ASG chapter is holding a 2-day sewing bee. We host these on fifth Saturdays and/or Sundays. Sometimes there is a specific focus - like community service projects - however this month attendees… Continue reading Autumn ’18 Sewing Bee
A Sewing Bee ~ Simplicity 1255
Every September the Pattern Review website/sewing land site holds a Sewing Bee contest. Skill be damned, I entered again for the third year. The contest is 4 rounds long. For each round there is a specific challenge, a strict deadline, and a panel of judges who are very picky about the rules. About half of… Continue reading A Sewing Bee ~ Simplicity 1255
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