Friends, I am thrilled to announce that the Spring collection of sewing patterns is now available for purchase! Here’s what I wrote on the Colette Patterns blog: I think you will all really love what we’ve done. Each sewing pattern is packaged up in a pretty little booklet with a linen-textured cover, a singer-stitched binding, [...]
Last one! Another one I’ve had sitting around for a good ten years. It’s kind of shameful. I also made some sort of crazy skirt/underbust corset thingy out of this back in the day. I adore plaid, and this warm red plaid is very punk rock vivienne westwood. It’s some sort of synthetic, which I [...]
I have had this fabric since high school. In my club going days, I made a corset and matching circle skirt out of it. I still have a big piece left. It’s a black flocked leopard pattern on black cotton twill. It would make a really cute pencil skirt if you’re the rockabilly type. I [...]
This is a small piece of some reproduction 50s barkcloth. I used it to cover some cushions on our kitchen chairs years ago. Even the chairs are long gone, but I still have this scrap! Width: 56″ Yardage: 1/2 yard, plus a strip that’s 56″ long and 10″ wide. Fabric weight: heavy, home decor weight [...]
This fabric is like candy, I love it. Or at least I love it in theory, I’ve yet to make anything out of it. I think I envisioned a striped summer sheath with a contrast waistband. Anything form fitting would be amazing, because this fabric has a bit of stretch. Width: 52″ Yardage: 3 1/3 [...]
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