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After three years of talking about it, it was time to make it happen. I finally sewed myself a pair of jeans! It is well and truly my proudest sewing achievement to date. My last jeans shopping trip was so frustrating, finding a well-fitting pair is nearly impossible.  (Dear Fashion Industry, not everyone looks good in skinny jeans!) That's probably why I've always considered sewing jeans somehow the ultimate sewing challenge, either too hard, too likely to fail. The fit really needs to be really good... I enrolled in the Jeans making course from Closet Case Patterns because I wanted to make...

I don't get around to blogging that much anymore so I'm going to take this opportunity to share three makes in one! I made this Wattle skirt (a pattern by Megan Nielsen) back in August, and I've already had quite a lot of wear out of it. The Tencel Twill is the perfect fabric for this pattern as it has a good amount of weight and drape. I've already made a second one (see my previous blog post). I made a size 8 and adjusted the length to fall on my knee. I wore this blue skirt at the Melbourne...

  I think I've finally found the perfect skirt pattern for me: The Wattle Skirt by Megan Nielsen. I've had quite a few embarrassing failures when sewing skirts. Like being convinced skirts needed to sit on my hip, which is actually what you should NOT be doing if you have a pear-shaped body like me. And gathered skirts don't work either as I tend to end up with a little bulge under the waistband and that just looks rather unflattering. The wattle skirt is a lovely flowing skirt that sits on the narrow part of the waist and that's the way it...

This post was written by Shelley aka Lightning McStitch. I saw the inspiration for this dress on a website way back in June, and knew immediately it was the dress I wanted for summer.  Pinterest Link During that time Maaidesign started to stock Tencel Linen and that was definitely the fabric for me. Imagine a fabric that gives you everything you love about linen; the textural weave, the breathability, the structure. Now imagine the benefits of a lyocell fabric; the drape, the luscious, suede-like hand and soft sheen.  Are the creeping niggles about those fabrics starting to come to mind?...