BRIXTON ELISALOTTE (with bonus jet lag)

I promise I will blog about my travels – however today I was a little excited to finish my ‘nearly’ Elisalex… she’s a fickle lass. She woke up on Saturday and announced that she was going to be...

Home & blogging again!

An evening in Paris… Just a quick post to let you know I’m back and will be blogging again soon. I am slightly jet-lagged after the epic 30+ hour journey home. I did consider blogging while I was...

RETURN OF MOJO & 15 POUND AUSSIE

Firstly thank you so very much for all your lovely comments on my last post. It was surprisingly cathartic to write and I really appreciate your comments. I never expected to win, I suspect my...

MOMENTARY LOSS OF MOJO

Thank goodness I am on holidays for a month at the end of this week, I am dead on my feet from exhaustion! I have been super busy making/knitting things but need to take some pictures and finish...

Tessuti Gridlock Pop – mission complete

This project has been an endurance sport. I feel like that little athlete from an unknown country who staggers into the Olympic stadium about 3 hours after the winner of the marathon has crossed...

ALL AT SEA WITH TESSUTI & SCRUFFY BADGER…

Hello it’s me – world’s most boring sewing blogger (at least at the moment, Tessuti Gridlock has me in a headlock). I am STILL working on the never-ending project. I WILL (must) finish soon (I...

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SewTiredLizzy… but on the Tessuti train!

Yes, this is all I have to show you today! My scrap pile! I’m staggered towards the end of my Tessuti project. There was much umming and ahhing along the way but all shall be revealed soon. Thank...

SewUndecidedLizzy … the Tessuti challenge

I really need to get started on my Tessuti fabric challenge. I’m ‘almost’ settled on this fabric becoming a jacket – and I will make a skirt to pair with it. I can’t imagine wearing this as a suit...

HONEY, I SHRANK THE SHIRTDRESS…

Am I suffering from maker’ s bias (unintentional pun!) or is this totally twee AND squee at the same time? This is the Oliver + S Jump Rope Dress. Oliver + S Jump Rope Dress I made this for...

Focus Lizzy… Focus!

I tend to talk and write a lot. What can I say I talk, I type and words just come out! So I’m attempting to rattle on less tonight, it’s getting late and I need to sleep otherwise I end up...

My Shirtdress… and the 15 Pound Aussie Project…

I’m no supermodel but I can sew! Vogue 8028 mash-up – and the Shabby Apple inspiration dress The hemline doesn’t look even but it is – it was just BLOWING A GALE! More on that later… I fell madly...

The Little Red Dress (McCalls 6433) & the Pick My Pattern idea…

I enjoyed this project so much I’m feeling inspired to run a little sewalong/blog swopfest called “Pick My Pattern.” What you talkin’ about Lizzy? Well, here’s the story, Anne from Pretty...

Oh La La – hello Charlotte Skirt By Hand London

Simple is sometimes more sexy than complicated. Hello gorgeous pencil skirt simplicity in the form of Charlotte, from By Hand London. Charlotte By Hand London Pattern Envelope I think stitchers can...

Fashion Star Winner… London calling… vintage patterns…

Quadruple whammy post of extreme excitment! The Fashion Star Draw Yes I finally got around to drawing the McCalls 6611 Fashion Star jacket pattern. I admit some of the delay may be due to my sewing...

SewManCushions…

What the??? Has some random dude taken over the SewBusyLizzy blogging space?? Fear not! This is perhaps my most random and left-of-field project to date! Yes, weirder than my aprons (although no...

TooBusyLizzy… where did she go?

Argh, life has been so busy lately! We have just finished school holidays (six weeks). We have celebrated Christmas, New Year, birthdays, visited Tasmania & Tamworth, covered excessive amounts of...

Made-by-Me in Tasmania

Great Lake, Miena Tasmania I’ve been away for a week in Tasmania. Just a quiet week, not too much sightseeing as I’ve been to Tasmania five or six times now! The holiday house is located in the...

Not a Fashion Star… just me in a cute jacket… & McCalls 6611 giveaway

So begins The Year of the Jacket… McCalls 6611 – Fashion Star Nothing like starting 2013 with a little bit of reality TV – hello McCalls Fashion Star, 6611. McCalls 6611 – side view I’m still on...

Give the girl some Pendrellicin – she’s a Sewaholic (the Pendrell)

Note: I’m on holidays and typing this on an IPad and using the WordPress app (which is good but not perfect) so excuse any weird formatting ‘stuff’ – I blame the app – not Happy Hour. Jungle...

Top 5 Goals 2013

Yes I know… SewNaughtyLizzy. It’s day 11 of 2013 and I still haven’t committed to my 2013 goals – and five of them! Eek! Here we go. GOAL NUMBER 1 TIDY UP YOUR ROOM LIZZY! My sewing room is...

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#SewingDares complete

So things gotta little outta hand on Twitter the other day and the sewing Tweet Peeps started to throw #sewingdares around the globe – nothing scary – just little challenges to shake up our sewing...

SEWAHOLIC LONSDALE – a case of Lonsdalitis confirmed

Hello Lonsdale. Sewaholic Lonsdale – front view Yes, once again I have been afflicted with another Sewaholic condition. This one I’ve nicknamed Lonsdalitis. (Sorry feeling tired and my imagination...

Stitched-up Christmas

Ok so it’s already 4th January and I still haven’t blogged my 2013 plans – or even my Christmas presents – or my Lonsdale - or my just-finished MacCalls 6611 jacket – or the cardigan I finished...

TOP 5 2012: Inspirations

I’m running a little behind schedule on the Top 5 2012 posts. I got hammered with a flu for a couple of days after Christmas so I collapsed in a heap. Back on track and here is my Top 5 2012...

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PATTERN PYRAMID WINNER

A very quick post! Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! I’m exhausted after a very long day of Santa presents, two family meals, breakfast with friends, lots of children and warm weather! Sorry...

Top 5 2012: Reflections

So here are some of the thoughts that have been buzzing around my head about as I reflect on 2012, the year I returned to sewing… Sewing makes me happy Yes, this might seem logical – why do it...

MARIA DENMARK – day to night top… 5 STARS

Maria Denmark – Day to Night Top. This pattern is SOLID GOLD. Easy and looks fabulous. OMG I love this top and and I love this pattern. It’s MariaDenmark’s Day to Night Drape Top. I made it this...

Top 5 Misses 2012

*sigh* just like I used to have RTW Disasters I’ve had Sewing Misses. With RTW you just have to negotiate changerooms, your own grand delusions and overly ‘nice’ sales assistants. Sewing is fraught...