by Quirky Kiwi | Sep 5, 2017 | Completed Garment
I needed a lightweight, zip-up fleece or sweatshirt to replace one I’d been wearing around the house for years, which had quite frankly seen much better days! So I was casually keeping my eye out for a suitable pattern. The Halifax Hoodie by Hey June Patterns...
by Quirky Kiwi | Aug 29, 2017 | Completed Garment
Okay, so only Kiwis of a certain age will understand the title of this post, so sorry to everyone else, but I just couldn’t resist! 😀 Right, onto the dress! I bought this fabric in a non-stretch woven cotton a fews years ago, envisaged a dress, it was going to...
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...
