Sew Ruthie Style

Adventures in garment construction. (Plus random thoughts, photos of interesting places and stuff I've made!)

Saturday, 25 April 2026

Fabric Shopping

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I've been fabric shopping, thought I'd share here what I bought, hopefully fun for you but also helpful for me later when I sew it u...
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Sunday, 19 April 2026

Blue camo long sleeved Tee

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  Men's Crew Neck Long Sleeve T-shirt from Tiana's Closet This is a FREE Pattern https://tianascloset.com/index.php/2021/02/03/mens-...
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Friday, 17 April 2026

Whale Print Shirt

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  A casual shirt for DH featuring an all over print of whales. The fabric is a polycotton from Pound Fabrics. It's narrow so I had to or...
Thursday, 2 April 2026

Waterproof Over Trousers

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  Waterproof over trousers for DH to when when out hiking in the Peak District. The brief was a zip in each leg so the trousers could be put...
Monday, 30 March 2026

Another UFO completed

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 I've got navy on the machines at the moment, so picked out an old UFO to complete. This was originally cut out (in 2008) as the bag fro...
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Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Zipped jacket upcycle

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I thrifted this jacket from the £1 rail for the zips but then thought I could enlarge it to fit me. In the end it turned out to be a lot mor...
Monday, 23 March 2026

Green Print Libby Wrap Maxi Dress

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  This is my version of The Weekend Sewing Club pattern for March - the Libby Wrap Dress. I extended the cut on sleeves for a bit more arm c...
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Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Burgundy Rib Roll Neck Top

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This is my version of the Rib Roll neck top from the Weekend Sewing Club. To get this to work for me I made various alterations. My usual hi...
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Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Blue Cardigan

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  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...
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Tuesday, 3 February 2026

Pull on Jeans

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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...
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Saturday, 24 January 2026

Kindle pouch

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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...
Friday, 23 January 2026

Laundry bags

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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...
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Sunday, 18 January 2026

Safari Animals Shirt

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  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...
Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Navy 'denim look' joggers

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 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...
Monday, 12 January 2026

Navy and Pink V neck tops

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  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...
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