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Hands up who’s watched The Dig on Netflix, and loved it! Based on a true story, and set on the eve of the Second World War, with a star studded cast, this film is worth a watch

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Hands up who’s watched The Dig on Netflix, and loved it! Based on a true story, and set on the eve of the Second World War, with a star studded cast, this film is worth a watch

The film is based around and archaeological dig and the amazing thing they discover. The film is full of fabulous outfits, lots of humour making it really a uplifting watch. So you guys know what’s coming! The outfits.. Well we had so many requests for this it was unbelievable. We have hunted out fabulous sewing patterns so that you can sew the looks on the show. There is a video to go with this and as well as all the picks down below. Enjoy! Pattern picks: PHOTO COURTESY OF LARRY HORRICKS/NETFLIX This blouse has the most wonderful collar and we...

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2020-05-22

Inspiration Vlogs

2020-05-22

Hi team, Kate here and welcome back to another instalment of find my pattern! Those new to this feature, the premise is that you send in images of ready to wear garments you need in your life and I put my best detective hat and and hunt it our for you.  As a self proclaimed pattern nerd… I’m here to help. I put out a request on Instagram and got loads of lovely emails asking me to help they find what they are after!  I whittled down a shortlist and after a few hours I managed to find some pretty...

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2020-04-17

Inspiration ogdencamihack

2020-04-17

For me there is nothing more creative that hacking a tried and tested pattern! For those of you new to the hacking game we thought that a blog post was in order. We’ve compiled some of the most hacked sewing patterns so that you can get your creative juices flowing! Who knows you may even own some of these patterns so get your notepad out, raid that stash and try something new this weekend…. The Ogden Cami Pattern Hack We had to start this with the Ogden cami from True Bias. It must have been one of the most made sewing...

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2019-11-12

adrienneblouse charliecaftan ddsirocco hinterlanddress Inspiration jazzjumpsuit kewdress kielowrapdress ogdencami toastersweater yorkpinafore zadiejumpsuit

2019-11-12

We get asked a lot about what are the most popular indie patterns so we thought we would put together all the maker inspiration for your favourite sewing patterns on the site. For the keen makers, I’m sure a lot of these won’t be a surprise but there were a few in there we hadn’t guessed! We’ve updated our review system this week to make it much easier to use. You can now edit old reviews, add multiple images and they look a lot more inspiring on the product pages. Hurrah. We love to see what you’re making so if...

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