Planning & Housekeeping I’m over on instragram Sew Hopeful9 August, 20190 Hello, sewing community. As you may have noticed, I have stopped blogging. Sewing is still a huge part of my life,...
Dresses Dress for a wedding and stabilizing a low back neckline. Sew Hopeful17 February, 20174 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...
Dresses Wool Dress, Inspired by 1956 Sew Hopeful24 July, 20164 This project is a vintage style wool dress with my much loved triple darted sleeve (Butterick 5813), darted bodice...
Dresses Reusing Vintage Wool – Sheath Dress Sew Hopeful19 July, 20163 We've had a few weeks of cold weather (well, cold to us warm-blooded Sydney-siders at least) and I've been working...
Dresses Burda 7494 & McCalls 6706 in Linen Sew Hopeful31 March, 20166 This beautiful fabric is a very fine and lovely linen from Joys Fabric Warehouse. The dress is a modified Burda 7494...
Dresses 1960s Vintage Lace Dress Sew Hopeful28 March, 20165 This is a fitted dress I made for a wedding using some beautiful vintage guipure lace. The colour is a really watery...
Dresses Burda 7494 Polka Dot Spring Dress Sew Hopeful21 March, 20167 I have loved Burda 7494 ever since I saw the many beautiful versions from Julia Bobbin and finally sewed up two in...
Dresses Lace Dress McCalls 6706 and Colette Patterns Peony Sew Hopeful31 January, 201618 This dress is made from a "vintage" tablecloth. I remember buying it myself in the 1980s as a gift for my mother and...
Skirts Pencil Skirts and Pegging. Sew Hopeful26 September, 20156 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,...
Skirts Pencil Skirt with a different kind of kick pleat. Sew Hopeful20 September, 20158 This is another pencil skirt using Gerties double darted Pencil Skirt pattern from her first book that I've made...
Jacket/Coat BCN Unique Cassock Coat Sew Hopeful5 September, 201532 This coat is the BCN Unique Cassock Coat by Paco Peralta. It's a wonderful pattern and I am so proud of the...
Dresses Wool Crepe “Audrey” Dress Sew Hopeful26 July, 201540 I have always loved the simple classic elegance that was Audrey Hepburn. Whenever I see a classic black dress I...
Dresses Emery Kaffe Fassett Cabbage Roses Sew Hopeful23 July, 201517 This is the Emery dress, which I made up exactly as is with only a small forward shoulder adjustment. The fit on...
Jacket/Coat Colette Anise Jacket in Wool Crepe Sew Hopeful22 July, 201511 This is my second version of the Colette Anise Jacket and what a world of difference a couple of years of experience...
Dresses Vogue 8379 Wrap Dress Sew Hopeful5 May, 201524 I finally made Vogue 8379. I was inspired by the Wrap Dress Sewalong hosted by Meg at McCalls. So many great...
Dresses Vogue 1027 Maxi Dress Sew Hopeful3 March, 201529 Remember the Jaywalk sewing competition from Tessuti last year? I purchased some the fabric mainly because it was so...
Dresses Emery Dress with Circle Skirt Sew Hopeful1 March, 201516 This dress is three patterns mish-mashed together to make (for me) the perfect dress. The fabric is possibly my most...
Skirts A rose print pencil skirt Sew Hopeful13 February, 201522 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 Jackie Coat Sewalong Round up of Posts and Wrap Up Sew Hopeful17 September, 20144 The sew-along is hosted by myself and Maria. This post a list of all the posts for the sew-along. Blog...
Jacket/Coat Jackie Coat Sewalong – My Finished Coat Sew Hopeful27 August, 201467 My finished Jackie is made from a 100% wool coating from The Fabric Store Sydney. In this post, I'll cover all the...