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...
