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Red Jacquard Top - Sinclair Patterns Jemma No2
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Red Jacquard Top – Sinclair Patterns Jemma #2

Last year I saw some jacquard knit fabric in Spotlight and thought I’d love to do something with it, but it’s polyester and I’m not a fan. Ever since I’ve been looking around for something similar in a natural fibre and haven’t had any luck, so when I found it Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 3 yearsJuly 20, 2022 ago
Striped Knit Top - Kwik Sew 2184
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Navy Striped Knit T-Shirt – Kwik Sew 2184

It’s hard to find striped knit fabric in an Adelaide Fabric store, so when I found some I grabbed it. And Kwik Sew 2184 was the perfect match.

By Carmen Grantham, 3 yearsJuly 1, 2022 ago
Seamwork Tessa Jeans No3
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12oz Indigo Denim Jeans – Seamwork Tessa Number 3

I love making jeans, and when I found some heavy denim, 12oz in fact, at The Fabric Store in Adelaide for only $8 a metre, I knew they would be perfect for some hardwearing jeans. They would also be ideal for my talk at the Mitcham Hills Sewing Guild group Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 3 yearsJune 14, 2022 ago
Aqua and Navy Circles Top - New Look 6374
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Aqua and Navy Circles Top – New Look 6374

My top which I’m calling my “Aqua and Navy Circles Top” started with a sale on Liberty fabric at The Fabric Store in Adelaide. The plan was to get some Tana Lawn to sew a top. I’d only used Tana Lawn previously as a lining for my Closet Core Patterns Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 3 yearsMay 9, 2022 ago
Kwik Sew 2895 - Red Jacket
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Kwik Sew 2895 – Red Jacket

Time for a bit of colour in my wardrobe with a red denim-style jacket using cotton drill.

By Carmen Grantham, 3 yearsMarch 29, 2022 ago
Janome MyLock 644D Overlocker
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Overlocker Review: Janome MyLock 644D

I have only owned one overlocker, the Janome MyLock 644D. I had been sewing regularly for quite a number of years before I took the plunge and purchased it to finish garment seams. Previously, I had used a triple zig-zag stitch, bound edges, french seams or lined a garment to Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 4 yearsJune 13, 2021 ago
Back Off Shirt with Spoonflower fabric
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Back Off Shirt with Spoonflower Fabric

This is what I’ve called my husband’s “Back Off Shirt”. It’s the second shirt I’ve made from my first Spoonflower fabric order. It’s another cotton poplin shirt so all of the techniques I used in the previous shirt, the History of the Apple Shirt, could be replicated with this one. Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 4 yearsMay 30, 2021 ago
History of the Apple Shirt with Fabric from Spoonflower
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History of the Apple Shirt with fabric from Spoonflower

The first fabric to use from my first Spoonflower order was the History of the Apple by 1stPancake in a Cotton Poplin. It has lots of images related to Apple Computers on it – the Macintosh, Macintosh Portable, iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad. This print was chosen by my husband to Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 4 yearsMay 23, 2021 ago
My First Time Ordering Custom Printed Fabric from Spoonflower
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My First Time Ordering Fabric from Spoonflower

I’ve wanted to buy custom printed fabric from Spoonflower for a while and when they had a 20% off sale I thought it was a great time to try it out. Happily this coincided with a number of events. My husband had thrown away some worn-out shirts, his birthday was Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 4 yearsMay 9, 2021 ago
Janome Memory Craft 3500 Sewing Machine
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Sewing Machine Review: Janome Memory Craft 3500

I bought my Janome Memory Craft 3500 sewing machine in 2003 and if I remember correctly it was around AU$900. Up until then, I’d used my Mum’s sewing machine and the one thing I didn’t like was the buttonhole. It had 4 parts so you would need to do each Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 4 yearsFebruary 26, 2021 ago

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Hi, I'm Carmen

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