When your favorite pattern company – Papercut – and one of the best fabric shops in the world – The Fabric Store – organize a competition, the only thing to do is of course enter it! The subject of the contest is the Skipper Tunic, a very versatile pattern which “comes with 3 sleeve… Continue reading Papercut / Skipper Tunic Competition
Hello peeps! This is my entry for The Refashioners 2016 challenge, this year based on making something out of jeans. I had worked with denim just once before, so this is what got me interested in trying to refashion such a classic and ageless garment. I really was curious to see if I could pull… Continue reading The Refashioners 2016 / Papercut Yoyo dress
This summer has been all about stripes around here and it looks like I don’t want to give it up either! I have had this quite thick cotton knit in my stash forever and finally decided to make something with it. I think I’ve waited so long before using it just because it hasn’t much… Continue reading Tilly and the buttons / Midi Coco dress
Happy July everyone! I can’t believe we’re into the second half of the year already, time flys! The weather has been particularly nice around these parts and the temperatures pretty high, so you know what this means: more pretty dresses!! It might sounds boring, but I’ve sewn yet again another Papercut pattern, a summer version… Continue reading Papercut Patterns / Summer Sway Dress
Summer is here! Therefore, pretty dresses on a roll! This is the Adrift Dress by Papercut, from their latest collection Ahoy! It’s described as “A feminine dress for warm summer days. Features include gently ruffled sleeves and hemline, wrap skirt, bust darts and gathered waist with additional wrap skirt option…”. Recommended fabrics are light to… Continue reading Papercut Patterns / Adrift Dress
Let me tell you straight away how much I love this dress! It has been quite a journey find the right pattern to fulfill the idea of Xmas dress I had in my head, but in the end all went well. This fabric is a cotton sateen I bought in Australia from Spotlight, one of… Continue reading BHL Lovechild / The Zeenalex
Happy New Year everyone! I know, I know it’s a bit too late to talk about Xmas and all that, but I’m so glad 2015 is finally over that I really wish myself and everyone else a glorious 2016! Anyhow… In between work and house renos, I managed to whip up something to wear during… Continue reading Papercut Patterns || Saiph Tunic
Can you believe it, after nearly three looooong months, I’ve finally sewn something up? Yep, I’ve got sort of organized: I found a super basic Singer at home and decided to give it a go, plus I bought a brand new shiny Bernina 800DL overlocker and with the help of these two, I declared myself… Continue reading Papercut Patterns | Sway Dress
Happy weekend everybody! How was your sewing week? Mine pretty good, so good in fact I’ve made another Flutter Tunic! You’re probably sick of reading about this pattern, but the truth is I really like it, so it probably won’t be the last one you see either. The inspiration for this dress came from a… Continue reading Yet another Papercut Flutter Tunic!
Hello everybody, how is your week going? Can you believe we are already in July and halfway into the year? Time flies, in fact it was only Sunday when I posted about my Vianne and here I am again. I’m so excited about this project, I couldn’t wait to share it! The pattern is the… Continue reading Papercut Patterns – Flutter Tunic
Carly in Stitches 