Dressmaking Archives - Clobber Creations

Pattern Review: GBSB Simple T-Shirt

clobbercreations — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Here is my pattern review of the simple t-shirt pattern from The Great British Sewing Bee: Sew Your Own Wardrobe book.

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Pattern Review: GBSB Breton Tee

clobbercreations — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Here is my sewing pattern review of the Breton Tee hack from The Great British Sewing Bee: From Stitch to Style book.

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Pattern Review: TATB Safiya Dungarees/Playsuit hack

clobbercreations — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:00 +0000

Here is my third pattern review from the Make it Simple book – this time, I have combined two variations in the book for the Safiya trousers. Details Name: Safiya Variation: Dungarees for bodice/straps, playsuit for shorts Design House: Tilly and the Buttons / Tilly Walnes’ book Make it Simple Size I made: 4 Fabric […]

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Pattern Review: TATB Shortie PJs

clobbercreations — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 07:00:39 +0000

Here is my pattern review for the shortie PJs from the Make it Simple book! Details Name: Juno PJs Variation: Shorts and short sleeved – with cuffs from Tabitha variation Design House: Tilly and the Buttons / Tilly Walnes’ book Make it Simple Size I made: 4 Fabric I used up some yellow ponte fabric […]

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Sketch-a-Graph and pattern templates

clobbercreations — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 06:00:43 +0000

I tried out the sketch-a-graph in order to enlarge some pattern pieces from a sewing book. Here's how I got along with it.

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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 and Upcycle: Cleo Pinafore

clobbercreations — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 08:04:12 +0000

Pattern review of the Cleo Dress pattern along with how I made the pattern from two pairs of jeans.

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Spring 2019 catch up

clobbercreations — Wed, 15 May 2019 05:43:57 +0000

Here is a catch up on my progress this year, from sewing projects I have completed to my upcoming plans for the near future.

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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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Pattern Review: Jarrah

clobbercreations — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 07:00:26 +0000

This year I was fortunate enough to be a pattern tester for one of Megan Nielsen’s new patterns which came out on 1 November 2018. Here is my pattern review of Jarrah. Details Pattern name: Jarrah Variation/Style: A Design House: Megan Nielsen Size I made: 10 Fabric I used a grey medium-thickness knit fabric – a bit like […]

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