Sew Clueless

 Alrighty guys, so these posts are totally not going to be in chronological order of makes, cos organization is totally overrated and I choose to blog at my whim.  This cardigan I just finished making this week (it is AMAZING the number of hours in a weekend you have to sew when you are stuck at home and unable to go out). It's a free pattern (LOVE IT) from Peppermint sewing school - the slouchy cardi .  I made it from a piece of merino remnant I had been hoarding for a year or two from The Fabric Store. (I have a problem with hoarding pretty fabrics. I buy them and then am too scared to cut into them lest I ruin it. So I put them carefully folded into boxes and then go off and buy more fabric. The cycle repeats and before you know it I have enough to start a small fabric shop of my own. Does anyone else have this issue?)  Anyway before I get shipped off to Fabricholic Anonymous I thought I'd better make some progress into my stash. I had read quite a lot of reviews ...

 I'm on a roll - might as well carry on.  So after I had finished my cherry blossom dress with its err... "minor" fit issues I launched (hehe launched ) straight in to my next 1419 - because why not, right? While all the mistakes are still fresh in ones mind?  Let me just clarify before we start I have never had any nautical ambitions in my life. I get seasick with the gentlest of sways (though not as bad as my partner, who is of even weaker constitution than I hohoho). However that does not stop me from finding nautical themed prints adorable. I was trying to come up with something profound like "oh the ocean is a symbol of the boundless unknown and our fascination with sailing probably stems from our human drive to explore beyond the horizons of our knowledge"... but really I am shallow and really just think the blue red and white is a neat colour combination. Putting on a nautical themed dress is really the only way to wear said combo without looking like a p...

You guuuuuys I am starting a sewing blog!  Woooo! Has there been failed attempts at starting a blog in the past due to lack of longterm sustainable commitment? Perhaps.  But you know what. There's a pandemic. We are in lockdown (again). There is only so much dining table tennis one can play in a weekend (highly recommended for the indoor fun factor, not recommended if you actually.. you know... have a nice dining room table. Luckily ours is bought secondhand from some nice gentleman's garage we found off the internet).  Also I like to ramble and there is only so much one can squeeze into the caption of an Instagram post before you induce thumb RSI to those rare few that follow you. Anyway. Let us start off with this pink flowery spring time dress. Cos Spring is here. It seems appropriate  Excuse the dorky posing. I'm still getting the hang of this okay? This was the first time I made this pattern. Simplicity 1419 - which for a while was everywhere on the internet. Wh...