Yuko Takada studio visit
When we were planning a trip to Japan this year, up on the wish-list along with fabric shopping and gyoza eating was learning more about our favourite pattern books. It’s …
Play with Patterns by Yuko Takada – Oval Coat
This is a saga of a coat. A coat that was never part of my plan. A coat inspired by a meeting with an amazing pattern maker. A coat that …
Deer and Doe Melilot shirt
Lately, I just want to stick a collar on everything I sew. After years of making and wearing nothing but pull-on tops and tee-shirts, all of a sudden if it …
Notes from Japan
As we may have mentioned, oh, a couple of times, we sneaked off to Japan recently – just us. No kids. No significant others. No responsibilities. Just two old friends, …
In the Folds Sweater Dress hack
Did you do Me Made May this year? We gave it a go, starting out reasonably strong with our awkward selfie skills, peaking on our little trip to Japan, then …
True Bias Ogden Cami dress
Since I’ve had kids, half-finished craft projects scattered around the house is our kind of normal. A friend’s daughter once said we were a “stickie and glue’ kinda house. It …
Style Arc Blaire Shirt 2
I started this Style Arc Blaire Shirt pretty well straight after I photographed Kate’s white one last year. It really is such a perfect, boxy, versatile shirt that I’m convinced …
Republique du Chiffon Bernadette Jacket (again!)
Well here we go AGAIN – just another tried and trusted quilted Republique du Chiffon Bernadette Jacket – to really shake things up.
Not that I’m counting, but this is …