Yes, there’s been a new addition to my little doll family. Meet Patsy my Half Pint Tonner doll I’ve been sewing for. Isn’t she the cutest little thing! She’s only 10″ tall but she sure has made a big impact on me 🙂 This is how I bought my Half Pint Patsy doll off of Ebay […]
Sewing Pattern for Kidz n Cats Dolls… Super Cute n Casual too!
Now available is my Cute n Casual sewing pattern for Kidz n Cats dolls My Kidz n Cats doll Grace has been sitting patiently waiting her turn to finally become a cover model for my very first Kidz n Cats sewing pattern while I worked on my drafting my sewing patterns for all the other […]
Draping Assignment – Vietnamese Inspired Gown
Finally a gown custom-made and draped just for me. For the last assignment in my fashion design course we received a client brief with a request to design and create a Vietnamese inspired gown for the host of a pink ribbon evening gala event. The pattern had to be created from using draping techniques. We […]
Pattern released – Cute n Casual for Gotz Just Like Me and similar size dolls
Well I did it! I released my first doll sewing pattern My first release ended up being for the Gotz Just Like Me dolls as I so wanted to make an outfit for this gorgeous little doll and there really isn’t many sewing patterns available for her so I figure heck why not start with […]
Classic Reversible Doll Dress Pattern
I put my pattern drafting skills to work and drafted a sewing pattern for a Classic Reversible Doll Dress I’d been wanting to make a Classic Reversible Doll Dress for quite some time and as there were no patterns for exactly what I wanted to make I decided to put my pattern drafting skills to […]
Dolls Pajamas and more
My latest creation is this cute little dolls pajamas outfit I would have loved a dolls pajamas outfit like this for my doll when I was a little girl Check out this slippers!! How cute are they??? I made my own patterns for the slippers and I’m so thrilled with how they turned out. […]
Maxi Dress Self Drafted Pattern is a Winner
Make a Garment a Month – My December Challenge I decided I’d join in on the Make a Garment a Month Challenge for a little extra fun. For December I challenged myself to… Draft a Maxi Dress pattern from a RTW Garment The RTW (Ready to Wear) I based my pattern from is just a […]
Vogue 8793 the Ultimate Hourglass T-Shirt using colour blocking
Second T-Shirt using Vogue 8793 After sewing my first Ultimate T-Shirt using Vogue 8793 and getting such a great fit and a super comfortable t-shirt I thought I’d use the same pattern to give colour blocking a try. Here’s what I came up with… the idea in my mind was to create the illusion of an hourglass How did […]
Learn how to draft your own patterns
How exciting! There’s 2 new online pattern drafting classes available You can now learn how to draft your own patterns with Craftsy Craftsy have added two new classes on pattern drafting and I’ve enrolled and watched both and I can honestly say they’re both excellent pattern drafting classes. Well, lets face it Craftsy really know how to […]
Vogue 8793 the Ultimate T-Shirt
Now I know why they call Vogue 8793 the Ultimate T-Shirt I’ve been at it again and doing a little more fun sewing for me when I should have actually been working on my assignment… ah well there’s always tomorrow. So here’s what I’ve been getting up to… A couple of months ago I signed […]
More sewing classes and fashion design course update
First off an update on my fashion design course. I got another HD (High Distinction) for my last assignment the fitted vest and I couldn’t take the smile off my face for days… writing this puts another smile on my face LOL My assessor provided some wonderful feedback again: Hi Christine, Excellent assessment. Well done you have […]
Fashion Design Course Update – The Fitted Vest
In my last fashion design course update I shared the fitted bodice block I submitted for project 5 and here’s some good news… I got a DN (Distinction) which I was really happy about 🙂 Yesterday I submitted project 6 which was to draft a pattern for a fitted vest. I only made the vest […]