Category: Indie sewing patterns

  • Winnie and I go on a road trip…

    Winnie and I go on a road trip…

    and there are strange goings on in our hotel room… I spent last weekend out of town, with one night in a hotel, with nothing to keep me occupied.  Well, nothing except my 1952 Singer Featherweight 221, or “Winnie” for short.  (If you would like to learn how I acquired Winnie and all her deets,…

  • A perfect place for my pockets.

    A perfect place for my pockets.

    Perhaps you remember my denim skirt?  I spent a couple of days trying to decide whether to sew on the back pockets, or not.  Well, I have found a perfect place for them! A while ago, I found the FREE pdf pattern from By Hand London, the Polly Top.  I knew it would be perfect for the…

  • Ilona’s Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades!

    Ilona’s Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades!

    I have certainly learned a lot cleaning up Ilona – my Singer 15-88.  As you know from this post my Mom has given me her and her sister’s Vintage Sewing Machines.  I even bought myself a small hammer and a screwdriver…  you know, one of those ones with a bunch of different attachments?  I took…

  • More on my denim skirt…

    More on my denim skirt…

    Hello all, me again.  I’ve had a couple of “distractions” over the last week therefore I haven’t quite finished my denim skirt, but I thought I would show you what I have accomplished so far – and perhaps this week you might even get a laugh out of it! I started my denim skirt by cutting out a Sewaholic…

  • I’ve decided to make a denim skirt…

    I’ve decided to make a denim skirt…

    from my Sewaholic Hollyburn skirt pattern.  I cut this pattern out last week from some 100% pre-washed cotton I found in my stash.  I still have a good metre or so left so I’ll have to think of another project for it.  Do any of you have a favourite tank top pattern that could use the remainder…

  • Finishing one, starting another…

    Finishing one, starting another…

    Perhaps you remember this dress, from my Sister’s Sewing Projects, a vintage dress pattern from 1978, Simplicity 8510, which I first blogged about here.  I decided before I start anything new, I must finish the old projects … This dress still needed its elastic waistband.  I found many ways to do that on line and in my reference…