Sew Ruthie Style

  This is the Harper Cardigan from Sinclair Patterns. I made the classic length with pockets. As my Ponte knit fabric  did not have the requ...

There's a short and long version of this, so I'll start with the short. I made some pull on jeans with embroidered back pockets. The...

I made a little pouch for my friend's Kindle, using waterproof fabric. I drew round the kindle in its case and made a pattern from there...

I had some fabric I originally bought to make a blouse. Mostly because I loved the soft grey green colour. However the fabric was a bit shee...

  A man's shirt which I made for DH. It's in a lovely soft cotton fabric printed with Safari animals. The fabric was from Pound Fabr...

 These are joggers made with denim look jersey fabric from Pound Fabrics As it is actually a knitted fabric, and very soft I decided to make...

  This is adapted from the knit top in New Look 6351. Its navy blue ponte Same pattern but in a pink athletic knit. Have to see what its lik...

This month's pattern from My Handmade Wardrobe's Weekend Sewing Club is the Sofa Pants, casual lounge pants in a knit fabric with wi...

Replacement bolts for Ikea ARÖD lamps? We've got 2 of these lamps (purchased a few years ago) which I've recently brought from anoth...

Whilst I really enjoy taking a length of uncut fabric and making a brand new garment from it, these days I also tweak things I've previo...

 Yes it was 100 garments I sewed last year, I missed one! This pink waistcoat hadn't got finished in time for me to wear it with the ma...

In January we rest January isn't a new year, it's the deep middle of winter. There's very little light. Very little warmth. And ...

In previous years I've not done much in the way of end of year review, but I collected some stats this year and thought you might enjoy ...

Back in September I got part way through a comparison of walking trouser patterns which I neither finished nor blogged. I had a large length...