I’ve been lamenting my lack of trousers for a while now. I have a pants block, but am still not entirely sure how to use it to make pants. Ridiculous, eh?While I was chastising myself for this, Hot Patterns very helpfully came out with a new trouser pattern, that looked like the fit I was … Read more
My go-to pattern for pants for my boys is the Made By Rae Parsley pants. You can see my previous review here. I won’t repeat that all again, except to say it is a quick and easy pattern that yields nice results. First up, some of the fleece versions, or as they are called at our … Read more
As I have mentioned previously, having a child who is quite slim means I can’t just rock off to the shops and buy him new shorts and trousers. This Summer, I have been trying out the Kid Shorts pattern from MADE. This comes in sizes 12months to 10years. This is a super easy pattern to … Read more
Pattern Description: Create custom-fit leggings in a flash! The innovative Espresso template from Cake RiFFs makes it simple – just measure, mark, and connect the dots for a pattern that fits just right and sews up quickly. Elastic waistband slips smoothly beneath other layers. Pattern Sizing: 25 – 55″ waist. Did it look like the … Read more
As I’ve mentioned previously, my older son is small in both height and girth, which makes RTW pants an impossibility.The current solution to this, is that I make his pants for him. When Made by Rae released their new pants pattern, I showed it to my son who immediately latched on to the tartan pairs!! … Read more
A quick round-up of the Christmas presents that were sewn up by me. Mostly, these are all patterns I have sewn previously, so not much to add. Another Perfectly Preppy skort, from the pattern by the Scientific Seamstress. This was a popular choice again featuring favourite colour, purple. The spots fabric is a cotton, and … Read more
I recently made up view C of Burda 9793 – boys shorts. Twice, just for good measure. The first ones were in a grey/blue/green skate fabric, a cotton drill which had been hiding in the bottom of my fabric bin for a while. I opted to make the pocket bags from some matching poplin to … Read more
After seeing the success that other people were having with the Style Arc Linda pants, I decided to see for myself what all the gushing was about. Style Arc is an independent pattern company from Australia, that designs RTW styles, with RTW fit. They also very helpfully include a sample of their recommended fabric with … Read more