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Introducing the Robin Dress!

What do my favourite person in the world, my favourite living author, and my favourite living artist all have in common? They are all named Robin! (my mum, Robin McKinley, and Robin White, respectively) So obviously I had to make a Robin dress! The Robin Dress is inspired by my mother’s description of her ideal dress, and features her favourite dress elements: princess seams, elegant swishy skirts, a flattering scooped neck, and awesomely large pockets. It comes in sizes 30-56, with separate bust pieces for Small (A-B), Medium (C-D) and Large (DD-E+) cups, to make sewing and fitting as easy as possible. To celebrate the launch, the Robin Dress pattern is 25% off for the next week. No need for a code: the discount is applied automatically at checkout. You may be wondering about the timing. I really debated whether to launch this pattern in the middle of an epidemic.   I’ve chosen to do so for two reasons. First, I know that many people are sewing for their mental health, and that happy news, …

Scroop Patterns: Call for Testers for a new dress pattern

I’ve got a new Scroop Pattern ready to be tested! The Pattern: A timeless princess seamed dress with a deliciously swishy skirt that will make you feel like dancing every time you wear it. It features princess seams that skim the body, with pattern pieces for Small (A-B), Medium (C-D) & Full (DD/E+) busts, front buttons, and a flattering scooped neck. View A ends at mid calf and has flutter sleeves and inseam pockets.  View B ends just below the knee, and has short sleeves and patch pockets.  Mix and match sleeves and pockets for a variety of looks.  The dress looks beautiful in light-midweight fabrics with good draping qualities in cottons, linens, rayon/viscose, wool, and synthetics.  Suggested fabrics are rayon/viscose and cotton challis; rayon/viscose twills; tropical weight wools; lightweight wool crepe; soft linens in twill and plain weaves.  The pattern comes in the full Scroop Patterns size range, from size 30-56, with pattern pieces for Small (A-B), Medium (C-D) & Full (DD/E+) busts Testers: For this pattern I need testers who are low-intermediate or higher level sewers with some experience sewing buttons & buttonholes. You will also need to: be …

My 2019 Historical Sewing Year in Review

If I did a 2018 sewing round up, or set myself sewing goals for 2019, I don’t remember it, and can’t find it. So 2019 was a blank slate: I got done what I got done. And that’s kind of nice. I’ve been trying to be less demanding of myself. I wish I could do all the things, all the time, and I tend to beat myself up mentally when I can’t. So for the last few years I’ve been trying to just be happy with what I do, and I think I’m getting there! And I did do pretty well! Three Scroop patterns out, including the incredible hydra of a pattern that is the Augusta Stays (seriously, the amount of stuff we included in that pattern…it’s really four patterns, and was certainly the work of four standard patterns). A bunch of wardrobe sewing for me, a bunch of sewing for my mum (I packed more clothes for her than for myself in my recent trip home!). And actually quite a lot of historical sewing …