by Quirky Kiwi | Oct 31, 2016 | Sewing Pattern Buddy App
I am very proud to announce that the Sewing Pattern Buddy app for Android has finally been released!!! Basically, it allows you to catalogue your entire pattern collection (PDFs & books included) – it’s like having your entire pattern collection at...
by Quirky Kiwi | Oct 10, 2016 | Completed Garment
I love my Paprika Patterns Jasper Hoodie – can you tell! The moment I saw this photo on the Paprika Patterns website I knew I had to make it. I mean, come on, it’s an asymmetric hoodie with princess seams and a pocket which goes all the way through! It...
by Quirky Kiwi | Sep 17, 2016 | Completed Garment, Vintage
When Simplicity announced it’s Simplicity Sewing Challenge, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to enter my first ever judged sewing challenge/competition. Of course, I had to enter the Vintage Section, even though it was a halter neck top, which is a...
by Quirky Kiwi | Aug 4, 2016 | Completed Garment, Vintage
This year, I pledged to make two garments from my vintage patterns. This is the first one, which I actually finished a couple of months ago, but lack of photos . . . It is Leach-Way Frock 13775 which features ties sewn into the side seams which you then wrap around...
by Quirky Kiwi | Jun 24, 2016 | Completed Garment
This is the garment which returned my sewing mojo to me! A humble t-shirt! It wasn’t that I wasn’t sewing anything at all, after all, I make a lot of bellydance tops for others and I was very slowly making the odd thing for myself which I might wear once...
by Quirky Kiwi | Jun 19, 2016 | Completed Garment
I am probably far too excited about these Elephant Trousers than I really should be at my age! 😉 But I love them! So these are the brand new Carrie Trousers from Sew Over It, available only in their brand new Ultimate Guide to Sewing and Fitting Trousers online...
by Quirky Kiwi | Jun 11, 2016 | Completed Garment
I kind of like this skirt but don’t like it all at the same time! Meet the Skirt That Hurts Your Eyes! So this is an accidentally modified version of KwikSew 3951 made in a very funky, but hard to look at fabric. The reds and greens do funny things to your...
by Quirky Kiwi | Jun 5, 2016 | Completed Garment
Just to warn you, I’m catching up on posting about the things I made last year, or even the year before! But they were all made since I started my blog, and since it’s MY blog, I can follow MY rules, and blog about what I want! So there! 😉 First up is a...
by Quirky Kiwi | Feb 17, 2016 | Vintage
I fully intended for my next post to be about one of my many completed items. However, a lack of completed item photos has scuppered that plan! So, I thought it was about time I shared a few of my favourite vintage patterns, which I haven’t shown before in any...
by Quirky Kiwi | Jan 3, 2016 | Patchwork & Quilting
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I have so many blog posts to write! I really must crack on and get them written. So here is the first one – I made my Mum a quilt! I saw this fabric in a quilting shop and fell in love with it, but I didn’t need it. I have...
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