Who doesn’t love a sewing challenge? For 2017 there’s a new stash-busting sewing challenge going around, #sewwhatyougot, sew eight outfits, … More
Tag: fashion
A touch of noir, Advance 6190 and Simplicity 5294
Advance 6190 One of those, OMG patterns, Advance 6190, is a vintage pattern I splashed out on a while back, … More
More Vintage Suit Sew Along makes!
We have had some major moves lately, so the blog has been rather quiet…more on that later! Meanwhile some clever … More
The Vintage Suit Sew Along – More completed makes
I can’t hide the fact that was really excited when I heard Katherine of Miss Dixie O’Dare was planning to … More
Vintage Suit Sew Along jacket shell progress
How is your vintage suit going? I’ve been making a lot of progress over the last week or so, and … More
Vintage Pledge fun in July
Have you been following all the instagram fun with the Vintage Pledge Extravaganza this month? I have really enjoyed seeing what other … More
Vintage Suit Sew Along ~ Styles and eras
Vintage Suit Sew Along ~ Styles and eras How are you all getting along with your ideas and plans for … More
What’s going on? Real Modern Reading and Sewing projects on the go.
The blog has been a bit quietly lately, I have been doing a lot of sewing, happily, just not the … More
At The Beach, 100 years of summer fashion in New Zealand
New Zealand Fashion Museum have been busy again, I was at the Maritime Museum with friends and children for a … More
iD Emerging Designer Awards 2015 – part two
Following my last post about the iD Emerging Designer Awards in Dunedin, here is (finally) part two… and some of … More