I'm back with my next post for the Cali Fabrics blog and today I want to talk to you all about this incredibly soft organic cotton and bamboo French Terry I ordered recently. Guys. It is so soft. Like stroking a chinchilla, it's that soft. It is a really beautiful lavender-grey tone. The knit is a lightweight French Terry. It's a little too heavy for t-shirts (unless you need thicker layers, ...
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For the longest time, I didn't wear t-shirts. Somehow I had convinced myself that they didn't suit me, or they wouldn't fit, but it wasn't until I made the Hemlock tee from Grainline Studios (which you can read about here) that I realised that my issue was all in my head! Since then, I have made a few more tees and I was keen to find the t-shirt pattern that ...
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Somewhat unintentionally, I've made 2 sportswear projects in a row! I'm not very sporty but I do like being active and I like trying different kinds of exercise. I recently did some online yoga videos and found I was really enjoying it, so I wanted to make something loose and stretchy to wear while on the mat. I ordered this slub jersey and this aztec stretch lace from the Cali Fabrics ...
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I don’t often make New Year’s Resolutions, but for once I was ahead of the game and made my resolutions for 2017 last year! My one and only resolution was to take part in a minimum of one ParkRun a month throughout 2017, and naturally that means I absolutely needed new workout gear! I usually struggle to find workout gear that isn’t extortionately priced, so making my own was the next logical step. I got ...
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As some of you may know from reading my blog, I am a big fan of the Granville shirt from Sewaholic Patterns. I've made it twice before, here and here, but I knew that I wanted to make more so I chose it as my next Cali Fabrics make! You may have seen that my first post on the Cali Fabrics blog talked about a complicated coat project, so this time ...
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In hindsight, making a complicated pattern that needed to be significantly altered to fit my 5ft 3” frame, in a language I don’t actually speak probably wasn’t the smartest choice of first projects for the Cali Fabrics blogger team, but that gamble seems to have paid off and I am so pleased to be able to show you my (finally) finished Autumn/Fall trench coat! For my first make, I wanted to make ...
Read MoreHi! I'm Jenny! I blog over at Today, Jenny stitched. I am based in the UK and have been sewing since my mum taught me when I was a kid and I actually studied sewing and costume construction for a number of years. By day I work the 9-5, but my nights are filled with reading sewing blogs, planning projects and occasionally buying great fabrics. However I've only been blogging ...
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