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Meri Blouse is a traditional dress worn in the Pacific Islands, originally introduced by missionaries I've heard. I made these four for a concert at church for some New Guinean ladies. The pattern cutting is very simple with little fabric wasted. And
To finish Me Made May, here's my favourite make of all time, worn by the lovely Emily. It's 5 metres of Ikea upholstery fabric, patternmaking uses subtraction cutting methods (google Julian Roberts, he has lots of free resources). As you can see from
What can I say? I'm in no danger of running out of handmade clothes for Me Made May (last count- more than 50 items in my wardrobe) but they are getting more...unusual. This flatpack shawl (it is a flat shape with armholes) was a college design proje
I made three of these dresses, because they look more complicated to make than they really are. This is black linen with a bit of sashiko stitching - cool to wear in summer or over a tee shirt when the temperatures go down. #memadewardrobe #sewers of

When the sewing stash gets low...

Kimono made for 7 foot giant needed a good 15 cm lopped off.​

Kimono made for 7 foot giant needed a good 15 cm lopped off.​

Just moved to Mackay last week taking with me my sewing machines but leaving behind my huge possibly-last-me-the-rest-of-my-life fabric stash. 

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Every fabric scrap is precious now. 

​But I made this cute bag from the hem scraps!

​But I made this cute bag from the hem scraps!

So when I shortened my genuine made-in-Japan kimono ( Trash 'n' Treasure $2!) I couldn't waste the piece I lopped off. 

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This lovely little make up purse was sewn up from instructions I found here, I just added some padding to plump it up! ​