Hot off the press – the yummy Crepe Dress from Colette Patterns is now in stock at Sewbox!
All pre-orders will be sent out today.
And if you didn’t pre-order, you can order yours here !
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From the monthly archives:
September 2010
I’ve been putting this day off for weeks now.
I’ve decided to put my wedding dress to good use, rather than collecting dust (and, let’s face it, taking up far too much room) in my wardrobe. I am going to make my daughter a christening gown from it. Eek!
I decided I wanted to do this pretty [...]
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One of the main things that came out of my recent customer survey was that you all overwhelmingly wanted to be able to buy a pack of fabric samples from the whole range. As a result I have spent a couple of weeks putting together some fabric sample packs, in three sets:
Cottons and Linens
Knit Fabrics
Silks, [...]
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Kwik Sew have just released their Autumn / Winter 2010 range of 22 brand new sewing patterns, and it’s a really well thought-out collection designed to keep you nice and warm through the winter months. It includes coats for the whole family, legwarmers and scarves, and gloves, socks and hoods.
They’ve even remembered baby, with a [...]
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“Hi… I want to sew Hot Patterns’ Uptown Downtown Knit Dress and want to buy some new sewing machine needles at the same time, but I’m confused – what is the difference between stretch and ballpoint needles?”
A customer e-mailed me today asking me about the difference between stretch and ballpoint needles, and I thought I’d [...]
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I couldn’t have imagined my giveaway of 2 metres of Liberty fabric would generate such huge interest! Across this blog, twitter, and the Sewing Directory, we had over 200 entries, plus another 70 entries from those who filled in my customer survey. Clearly there’s a lot of love out there for Liberty fabric, and I [...]
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Well ladies, the new Colette Patterns Crepe Wrap Dress has been well worth the wait! I’ve been eagerly waiting for this pattern ever since Sarai told me she was planning a new summer pattern in our interview in June. And here is style 1013 – the Crepe wrap dress…
What a simple and clever design – [...]
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Serendipity Studio have come up with a fabulous stash busting strip skirt, made almost entirely from 2.5″ strips!
Even better, the Stella Strip Skirt has no pattern pieces to faff about with, so this is a fantastic project to wizz up in no time. And if you don’t feel like cutting lots of strips, then you [...]
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It’s give-away time!
To celebrate the launch of the new collection of fabrics at Sewbox, which you can read about here or view here, I am giving away 2 metres of Liberty fabric of your choice, and running the competition in conjunction with The Sewing Directory.
To enter, all you need to do is add a comment [...]
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Our new fabric collection has been launched! (check it out here)
It has been a real labour of love and I am particularly proud that you can now buy previously hard to find Liberty fabrics online, such as Liberty jersey, Liberty printed poplins, and Liberty silk fabric including silk satin, silk chiffon, and silk crepe.
Liberty fabric [...]
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