Category sewing

Wardrobe By Me Negative Experience

I have made a few items using patterns from WardrobeByMe and have found the instructions to be clear and the videos helpful. I want to share this encounter the shopping experience and customer support. Sadly, despite my high opinion of…

Soft d20 Ball

The blocks were so much fun to make and enjoyed playing with them I thought it was worth trying a similar project. This time I made a icosahedron (d20 dice), one of the 5 Platonic solids. Maybe I will work backwards…

Soft blocks

I visited my local fabric shop and bought some lovely striped fabric from the sale basket. It’s soft and stretchy—I suspect it’s a blend of cotton and some elastic fibre like elastane. Of course, I didn’t know what I would…

Bear Shirt

I really enjoyed making the Dinosaur Hoody last Christmas so I cut out the pieces for a shirt with a snazzy bear pattern. Life got in the way and the pieces sat in a box waiting to be sewn together.…

December 2024 Sewing

The pattern is from The Great British Sewing Bee: Sew Your Own Wardrobe and is intended to a furry bear onsie. I didn’t have suitable fabric for that and since the baby it was for has parents with space-related PhDs…

Dinosaur Hoody

My Christmas project this year was to make a hoody for myself. The pattern was from WardrobeByMe and was quite easy to follow, although the hoody caused me a lot of confusion. I used to make my own juggling balls…