Tasha Sews

Pattern Review: New Look 6301 I still have a couple of makes from 2017 that I haven't gotten round to posting. Mostly due to being busy and the bad light in the winter. This TNT pattern still hasn't gotten old for me! This version was made to fill a work wardrobe gap. The length is perfect to wear bare legged in the Summer or as you can see from the photo with tights and boots during the Winter. I made this dress back in October and it has been in constant rotation in my wardrobe. The ITY knit fabric was purchased from  Simply Fabrics  in Brixton, London. It was a only £3 per metre and a dream to sew with! For those of you that might not have caught my 3 other versions ( here , here and here ), I cut my typical size 14 for this dress. For the top of front bodice pieces (i.e. the cleavage) I cut the size 18 lines for extra coverage. I took around 1 inch from the top of the centre back.  Despite the fabulously sunny photos this dress...

Pattern Review - Vogue 8711 So it seems as though I have been MIA these past couple of weeks. The reason for this is silly - I broke my camera on a hen-night out. So although I have been sewing I have not been able to upload any suitable proof of this! As I was visiting the folks this weekend I forced  asked my mum to take a couple of snaps of Vogue 8711  before heading out for my cousin's birthday drinks. I have made this skirt previously (view D) in my pre-blogging days as a skirt for work in black jersey, but I have been dying to make this again with the contrast panels.  I'm not sure about other sewers out there, but I generally find skirt patterns really underwhelming, so when I first saw this one a couple of years ago I had to jump on it! I absolutely love the fit and style of this skirt and think that it flatters most shapes. It creates such a feminine silhouette either enhancing your god given curves (have you guys seen the stunning Mimi G rock...

PATTERN REVIEW - SIMPLICITY 1884 (again...) I shall keep this one brief as both the pattern and the fabric are things that have been posted about recently. As I mentioned in my last post  I had enough fabric left over from the dress to knock up this top previously blogged about  here.   In case you missed out on the fabric info in my last post, I used some jersey picked up from Simply Fabrics in Brixton. I have a special place in my heart for Simply Fabrics. It is true that there is a real mix of fabrics (and quality) but it is the perfect place to pick up fabric for wearable muslins as it is so cheap. I pretty much made it up exactly the same as last time, I only made some minor changes. These are:- Omitted the tie in the front Lengthened the front and back by 2" Used rolled hems instead of bias binding (as I sewed this pattern with a stretch fabric) Front & back close-up The only thing that I will have in mind next time I a...

Pattern Review - New Look 6122 Following the polka dot dress that you may remember  here  all I want to do is sew summer clothes. I tried to satisfy a bit of this desire by sewing up  New Look 6122 .  I used some jersey that I picked up from the remnant box at Simply Fabrics in Brixton and I made view D from the pattern. The contrast belt is a remnant of black jersey from my stash which I expect I also bought from Simply Fabrics.  This came together really quickly, especially as the construction process is very standard. When I originally bought this pattern the neckline options attracted me the most. The only thing that I found a bit annoying is that I didn't think that the back bodice is long enough, but I couldn't be bothered to alter it. However, it is bra friendly so that's a relief.  As this pattern was so straightforward and uses negative ease, the only alterations I made were to french seam the skirt and I disregarde...