I’m just alittleinlove with this dress (by Aussie designer Rachel Gilbert), and I love love love even more that this … More
Author: poppykettle
P1003 & P1004: Plenty of Papercuts
After an extremely challenging start to this year and having nurtured some pretty bad habits as a means of dealing … More
P1003 & P1004: Hi-tech Fabric
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but in the last decade of so fabric technology appears to have … More
M5929: The Blue Blotch Blouse
I’m calling it – 2013 is officially the year of the shirt. It certainly seems that everyone is either sewing … More
F2940: A dress to be
I’ve had a seriously soft spot for this dress pattern ever since I laid eyes on it… from the Autumn/Winter … More
You’ve got Mail: Marfy Patterns
You know the deal – if you can’t spend time actually physically sewing, then you’re either daydreaming about sewing, or … More
M5929: Swaybacks and Centreback Seams
I’ve been sewing for just over two years now, and I’m noticing the result of spending all my money on … More
C1020: The Phoenix Lily
Rising from the ashes of one failed dress attempt… is another. And as McCalls 4993 was such a fabric hog, … More
Your knowledge will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
Awesome Star Trek references aside, on Saturday I learnt how to knit – from one seriously talented knitter whose work … More
Turn of Cloth and a WIP
Its been a little quiet on the sewing front here recently… but that’s soon to change. I’ve been working away … More