Author: sysadmin yuta
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New sewing pattern: the Villers denim chore jacket
I am very pleased to introduce you to my latest pattern, the Villers jacket: a chore jacket inspired by workwear and denim clothes. I launched my previous pattern a couple of years ago, the Coquillage quilted jacket, so it had been a while and I really missed making patterns for Camimade Patterns. Inspiration: the denim…
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How to use a twin needle? Tips
Hello everyone! In this article, I give you my tips on how to use a twin needle (or double needle) on your sewing machine. Nothing will stop you from making beautiful hems on your knit fabrics anymore. What does a twin needle do? Before explaining how to use a twin needle, let’s talk about what…
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How to make beautiful darts – my 5 top tips
Hello everyone! In this post I am showing you how to make beautiful darts with 5 tips. Darts are not difficult to sew, there are just a few tricks to know to make them successfully. Darts are very useful garment details: they create volumes while removing a bit of fabric and they are almost invisible…
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How to create a small dye garden part 2 – which plants
Hello everyone ! Today I am talking to you about the plants I have chosen to grow in my little dye garden. I will also show where I will put them. This article is part of a series of articles on how to create a small dye garden where I invite you to follow the…
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How to create a small dye garden – part 1 why and ressources
Hello everybody ! This year (2023), I am embarking on the creation of a small dye garden to create my own natural dyes. Indeed, I would like to dye fabrics, threads, and wool skeins. My goal is also to transform our garden, which is a little too mineral for my taste (entirely paved), into a…
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Christmas decorations DIY ideas to sew
Hi everyone! Despite all these years of sewing activity behind me, this is the first time I am interested in sewing and making Christmas decorations. This year, I am going to do scrap busting Christmas decorations. We don’t have a lot of Christmas decorations at home, just enough to decorate the Christmas tree, so I…
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My September and October makes
Hi everyone! How is your Autumn going? I am always happy when Autumn comes, and then all of a sudden it is dark at 4:30pm, and I find myself lacking energy to sew things, much preferring watching tv with a hot herbal tea. However it appears that I haven’t been lazy in the last 2…
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A quilted jacket for my little girl
Hi everyone! I was about to write this post to share my September makes, but I quickly realised that I was going to write a lot about the little quilted/embroidered jacket I made for my baby girl (are they still babies at 2 years old?). Hence I decided to only talk about this jacket in…
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New sewing pattern: the West End jacket
I am very happy to introduce you to the West End Jacket sewing pattern which I made in collaboration with Peppermint magazine and Spoonflower. Peppermint Magazine is an Australian magazine, based in Brisbane, about style, sustainability and substance. In each issue, the quarterly magazine partners with an independent sewing pattern designer to offer a free PDF pattern that…
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My July makes
Hello! In this blog, I am sharing the things I made in July! July 22 was very hot in London (probably like everywhere else), and it has inspired me a few summer makes that I wanted to take with me on my summer break. This month I have exclusively sewn with my own patterns, new…