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Pattern Review: The Joni Dress

clobbercreations — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 06:00:52 +0000

Here is my review of the Joni dress sewing pattern from the Tilly and the buttons book Stretch!

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Pattern Review: Gable Top

clobbercreations — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:01:10 +0000

I realised the other day that I never reviewed the Gable top pattern. Better late than never! Also, it means that I have lots of experience in wearing it! Details Pattern name: Gable Top Variation/Style: View 3 without the cuff Design House: Jennifer Lauren Handmade Size I made: 12 Fabric Stripey stretch fabric remnant from The […]

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Wild Things dresses – the A line dress

clobbercreations — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 12:38:05 +0000

I’ve scaled down my makes recently for an upcoming birthday. Having found Kirsty Hartley’s second book (Wild Things To Make) in a local shop, I decided to begin with a simple A line girl’s dress to begin with. I made the first dress from an old dress of mine. I was a bit concerned about […]

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#sewmystyle – May – Califaye Collection Pocket Skirt

clobbercreations — Sun, 28 May 2017 12:00:32 +0000

Another month has whizzed by but unlike the past couple of months, I’ve actually managed to make this month’s garment in time for the end of the month! This month was the Califaye Collection Pocket Skirt. The fabric I used was a remnant I got from a charity shop, which fitted the lightweight woven fabric […]

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The £2.50 Dress

clobbercreations — Sat, 13 May 2017 17:00:18 +0000

I went to my mum’s house with the intention of making a pattern from an old dress I have of hers (which is at risk of disintegrating as it’s been worn so many times!) but I ended up nabbing one of her most recent charity shop pattern purchases and cutting out the pieces to make […]

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Polka Dot Shift Dress

clobbercreations — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:00:13 +0000

For the last few weeks, I have been going to some dressmaking classes nearby. I thought it might be useful for learning how to adjust and adapt patterns, as this is something I don’t do very much of. For my first piece, I chose a pattern I had tried before nearly 4 years ago in […]

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Cosy Winter – the Ivy pinafore

clobbercreations — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 17:00:12 +0000

I’ve been enjoying a bit of dressmaking this month and am finally cutting into some fabrics I bought in one go for numerous projects. One piece of fabric was some navy polka dot cotton bought especially for the ivy pinafore pattern by Jennifer Lauren. One worry I had at the very beginning was that I […]

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