Girl Can Sew

My original plan after making The Raincoat was to do a simple make but apparently, my creativity had other plans! I saw New CraftHouse were launching some new fabrics, so I always like to see what they’ve got and when I saw this magenta foiled denim, I had to get it! It’s so unique and special I couldn’t let it go. Then I just had to figure out what to make with it so I started brainstorming what garments do we typically make with denim? Jeans, skirts, and jackets! This fabric is quite a heavyweight with no stretch, so I knew it had to be a jacket and I already had the Steve Jean Jacket pattern which I’d made up in corduroy previously . Now I thought, with a funky fabric such as this it’s important that the shape is equally as cool so to update it a bit I decided to make it a cropped length. To do this I put on my corduroy version and decided where I wanted the jacket to finish then measured and remove this section from the pattern. An issue I didn’t initially anticipate was that...

Hey Sewers, This week I am reviewing the Mia Jeans pattern from the Sew Over It My Capsule wardrobe: City Break eBoo k. I made them in a 20% stretch black denim from Fabric Godmother .  I was a little apprehensive about washing the denim because I had heard of others having issues where the dye washes out of the fabric inconsistently resulting in pale streaks where it's been folded up in the washing machine. However, I decided to continue as normal anyway and need not have worried, it washed beautifully. It was very creased, which is to be expected, so I ironed it out and was good to go. This pattern is very economical for your fabric, I bought 2 meters and still have enough left to make a denim skirt. I did not follow the suggested pattern layout - I never do! I often find this isn't actually the most economical method. The instructions were quite simple to follow with clear photos until you get to inserting the zip fly. I got completely lost at this point, I en...