I’ve been watching a lot of CosTube lately, and feeling a strong urge to get into vests I started my search for a plus sized waistcoat pattern. It appears that they aren’t ~à la mode~ right now so the better pattern designers (who have expanded or are expanding their size range) haven’t hopped aboard the…
I have wanted wide legged pants for ages and then Cashmerette swung into my inbox with a 2 for 3 deal. The Calder pants were within my sight. The fabric I wanted to use was from my old work, a mystery blend with great drape (definitely think viscose is in the mix) and pesky checks…
Today we’re looking at a pattern that I’m going to be making hundreds of, the Artists House Dress by Artist Made Patterns. I was drawn to this design because I’m on a big fluffy sleeve kick right now and the style looks so easy to wear. The zip front wasn’t my favourite feature so I…
My sewing frenzy continues apace, and today I’m showing off my Friday Pattern Company Davenport dress. The gingham trend has not gone unnoticed and I was pleased that Past Natalie had bought a length of cotton/ polyester navy gingham a few years ago from my old work. I’m trying SO hard to whittle down my…
The moment I saw the Nina Lee Bakerloo dress I was besotted. You know, with That collar. The large be-frilled collar that took all the earliest Millenials back to their childhoods. I don’t even know if I owned any dresses or blouses with a collar that fancy but it’s definitely in my memory as a…
I have never worn a jumpsuit in my life. My long torso, short waist proportions mean they have been perma-wedgie garments in my experience. Plus, shorts always do a weird thing and ride up between my legs and I hate feeling stressed by my clothes. So, I have avoided jumpsuits because even though they look…
Hot off my success with the Waikerie shirt, I set out to obtain some drapey rayon to transform into a dress using the Muna and Broad expansion pattern. Long time readers may know that I deal with social anxiety and agoraphobia, so setting out to go to a new fabric store was a Journey, but…
Menswear is a dearth wasteland of boring nothingness but when you’re a plus size guy going clothes shopping… it’s more like a hellscape of polyester tropical prints, jorts, and too-short shirts. My poor large husband, sweet precious Nick, has been so traumatised by shopping for clothes over the years that he fears he’ll never be…
I haven’t sewn in a long time, not since I went into hospital at the end of last year. When I went to sew up some face masks the other week I found, unsurprisingly, that my Pfaff 1222E had seized up. Usually I can get her going again with a bit of oil and hand…
When I stumbled across this glorious photo from an authentic 1986 Kmart catalogue I was smitten! The hair! The shoes! The white tights! The fluffy hair! But most of all… the prints on those dresses! Now, being about 6 years old the year this came out, I didn’t have the opportunity to dress up exactly…
