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Reviewing the Nancy Zieman sewing tool for the Minerva Crafts blog
This week the folks at Minerva Crafts published my review of a useful multi-functional sewing tool by Nancy Zieman. The tool helped me to create my first shrug, made in a soft art gallery fabrics ditsy floral cotton lawn. The garment was made by carefully measuring and marking accurate lines and curves, then folding and cutting the fabric using origami techniques. The project was one of…
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#sewgoodintentions2019 project 2: the #GBSB tea dress!
I finished sewing my Great British Sewing Bee tea dress recently!; this gorgeous fabric was gifted to me, and it is a 70s vintage inspired bright floral and apple print (very in keeping with this series’ 70s themed episode). The original pattern which I have hacked with an inverted pleat and a contrasting polka dot facing, was part of a Daily…