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Hello, sewing community. As you may have noticed, I have stopped blogging. Sewing is still a huge part of my life,...
Author: Sew Hopeful
Dress for a wedding and stabilizing a low back neckline.
My poor neglected blog! I've been so busy and this blog isn't as important to me as it used to be. I am doing...
Wool Dress, Inspired by 1956
This project is a vintage style wool dress with my much loved triple darted sleeve (Butterick 5813), darted bodice...
Reusing Vintage Wool – Sheath Dress
We've had a few weeks of cold weather (well, cold to us warm-blooded Sydney-siders at least) and I've been working...
Burda 7494 & McCalls 6706 in Linen
This beautiful fabric is a very fine and lovely linen from Joys Fabric Warehouse. The dress is a modified Burda 7494...
1960s Vintage Lace Dress
This is a fitted dress I made for a wedding using some beautiful vintage guipure lace. The colour is a really watery...
Burda 7494 Polka Dot Spring Dress
I have loved Burda 7494 ever since I saw the many beautiful versions from Julia Bobbin and finally sewed up two in...
Lace Dress McCalls 6706 and Colette Patterns Peony
This dress is made from a "vintage" tablecloth. I remember buying it myself in the 1980s as a gift for my mother and...
Pencil Skirts and Pegging.
I've needed to take in a number of skirts of late, and it has made me revisit the topic of the perfect pegged shape,...
Pencil Skirt with a different kind of kick pleat.
This is another pencil skirt using Gerties double darted Pencil Skirt pattern from her first book that I've made...
BCN Unique Cassock Coat
This coat is the BCN Unique Cassock Coat by Paco Peralta. It's a wonderful pattern and I am so proud of the...
Wool Crepe “Audrey” Dress
I have always loved the simple classic elegance that was Audrey Hepburn. Whenever I see a classic black dress I...
Emery Kaffe Fassett Cabbage Roses
This is the Emery dress, which I made up exactly as is with only a small forward shoulder adjustment. The fit on...
Colette Anise Jacket in Wool Crepe
This is my second version of the Colette Anise Jacket and what a world of difference a couple of years of experience...
Vogue 8379 Wrap Dress
I finally made Vogue 8379. I was inspired by the Wrap Dress Sewalong hosted by Meg at McCalls. So many great...
Vogue 1027 Maxi Dress
Remember the Jaywalk sewing competition from Tessuti last year? I purchased some the fabric mainly because it was so...
Emery Dress with Circle Skirt
This dress is three patterns mish-mashed together to make (for me) the perfect dress. The fabric is possibly my most...
A rose print pencil skirt
I have wanted a rose printed pencil skirt for ages so even though this is just a simple skirt it has little details...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Round up of Posts and Wrap Up
The sew-along is hosted by myself and Maria. This post a list of all the posts for the sew-along. Blog...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – My Finished Coat
My finished Jackie is made from a 100% wool coating from The Fabric Store Sydney. In this post, I'll cover all the...
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