Author: Lisa

  • TAUKO Magazine Auri Jacket – Pattern Review

    TAUKO Magazine Auri Jacket – Pattern Review

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    Lisa

    Recently I was lucky to be sent an advanced copy of the Auri jacket pattern from TAUKO Magazine Issue 7. They let me choose which pattern I wanted from the issue, and I couldn’t resist the Auri with its wavy lines and colour blocking opportunities! What fabric and size did I choose? I used Sevenberry…

  • Forget-Me-Not Sylvie Top – Pattern Review

    Forget-Me-Not Sylvie Top – Pattern Review

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    Lisa

    I made the Sylvie top from Forget-Me-Not patterns! Full disclosure: I am a part of the Forget-Me-Not patterns Insider program, which means I get access to all their patterns in exchange for some social media posts showing off my makes. Forget-Me-Not haven’t asked to write this review though, and I get nothing for this. I…

  • Megan Dress with African Wax Print from Dovetailed London

    Megan Dress with African Wax Print from Dovetailed London

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    Lisa

    I originally wrote this blog post as a guest feature for Dovetailed London, as I’m one of their brand ambassadors. I received the fabric in exchange for the blog post. It’s my first Dovetailed London Ambassador make! To sew this dress, I used the Megan pattern from the book Love at First Stitch by Tilly…

  • Gold Foil Tilly and the Buttons Bibi Skirt

    Gold Foil Tilly and the Buttons Bibi Skirt

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    Lisa

    Inspiration finally struck for this meter of gold foil fabric! I made a top from it a few years ago, but this leftover length has been sitting in my stash just waiting for me to do something with it. So I sewed up this Bibi skirt from the Tilly and the Buttons book Stretch. The…

  • Making a Block using Winifred Aldrich’s Metric Pattern Cutting

    Making a Block using Winifred Aldrich’s Metric Pattern Cutting

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    Lisa

    After many, many (many) iterations of trying to retrofit a bodice block from an existing pattern, I’ve decided to step up my game and do the damn thing properly. So I’m drafting one myself. I bought myself a copy of Winifred Aldrich’s famous book Metric Pattern Cutting. This is a classic – and it isn’t…