Contemporary Sewing Patterns for the Modern Maker
Let’s be honest. If there is something we all need right now it’s Iso pants. You know something comfy that still looks cute whilst we’re all endlessly hanging around in our homes socially distancing – and works if you need to leave the house for toilet paper ;) These my friends are my Iso Opal pants. And gosh are they comfy!
If you have been sewing for even a short time you’ve probably realised that this hobby is not a source of cheap clothing. I think many of us start sewing with the idea that we’ll be able to knock out handmade wardrobes that cost significantly less than ready to wear, and though that’s sometimes true, usually it isn’t. Except that today it is – and I’m very excited to tell you the story of my $1 Opal pants !
This Olive top that I made from offcuts of beautiful gauzy striped linen fulfils two important needs in my life. One it enables my scrap hoarding (you know how much I love sewing with scraps!) and two, for quite some time there has been a serious long sleeve top hole in my wardrobe.
I am so excited to finally be able to share with you my favourite Olive dress!! Yes, I went absolutely over the top nuts with fussy stripe placement and pattern matching on this make and I couldn’t be happier with the result!
One of my favourite things about the Olive sewing pattern is how much it lends itself to playing with print placement. You can be as pedantic or as casual as you’d like with this pattern… but obviously, I lent towards pedantic this time haha. As soon as I saw this striped cotton linen (which is available in my online store here) I fell in love with it. If I were to describe myself in colours, this would be it!
I’m feeling so many feelings today! Not only is this the last feature in our Sewing Community Project (cry!) – but Roz is one of my very dearest friends, and I’m so thrilled to be able to introduce you to her!
I met Roz a few years ago a local handmade market . I had recently moved back to Perth after living in the US for a few years, and as working from home is so isolating I really wanted to have the chance to talk to people about my patterns in person. I signed up for a booth at UWA Upmarket and my husband Chris helped me run the booth that day. It was such a fun day and I loved meeting so many other makers and crafts people. Roz stopped by with her husband Brendan to look at my patterns, and to be honest we all just immediately clicked and it was basically immediate friendship. Since then Roz and Brendan have been two of our very closest friends, and I love that Roz and I get to share our love of sewing.
Roz made the Matilda dress in our Lead lightweight linen with coconut shell buttons from our studio. One of the details she added that i really adore is the double buttons on the waistband!
I really hope you enjoy reading all about Roz and her sewing journey!!