I would definitely recommend Tilly and the buttons patterns as they're easy to follow for a beginner! However at least for the adult patterns I would be very careful when choosing your size, according to my measurements I should make a size 7 and the first few things I made were so enormous and I hated them thinking I'd done something wrong. I now always make Tilly patterns in a size 5. Look at the finished garment measurements and try them over your bust/ hips etc to see how much room you'd prefer ☺️
I got Nell for Christmas so currently looking for a fabric to make it out of! Yours are stunning! I didn't think I'd make the top but actually yours looks so good I might try it. I saw a bell on Instagram that added a frill to the bottom so I'm definitely doing that at some point!
My favourite pattern this year was the romey gathered dress by Sew House Seven. I decided to sew it in viscose twill for the perfect comfy autumn dress and loved it so much I made 2 immediately.
They're a little big but they're just extra comfy, and I added elastic rather than the cuffs cos I need to be able to roll my sleeves up.
My other favourite pattern was the Whitcomb top, perfect for squeezing a cute top out of a metre of fabric!
I was gifted two more boxes of pattern weights from Foxglove &
Field. I found the one box I had wasn't enough and I ended up using pins
too which rather defeated the purpose! I love seeing them lined up and
they're very tactile. I think the Liberty prints help!
My corduroy Sanda jacket (Merchant & Mills) has been waiting for buttons to be sewn on since April. The fabric is too thick for my machine to cope with the buttonholes - it just doesn't want to know. One day I'll get round to doing it the old-fashioned way and sew it by hand. Unless anyone has any other ideas?
I was gifted two more boxes of pattern weights from Foxglove &
Field. I found the one box I had wasn't enough and I ended up using pins
too which rather defeated the purpose! I love seeing them lined up and
they're very tactile. I think the Liberty prints help!
My fabric stash is insanely huge - good in some ways, bad in other ways. 2025 plan is not to buy more fabric and have asked family and friends not to send me fabric. Only shopping from my stash in 2025. I emptied 5 storage bins of fleece, all is bagged up for donation pickup.
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