Sew Ruthie Style

My stash cupboard search for stuff in brown, teal, cream or a combination thereof has resulted in a HUGE number of fabrics (over 40) putheri...

As mentioned before the SWAP 2011 Official Rules have been announced which is very exciting. As a person I am inspired more by fabric and c...

I'd like to extend my sewing with knits to the next level and am open to ideas for new techniques. I have an overlocker and a coverstit...

The SWAP rules are up at Stitchers Guild! Option #1: 6 tops  - t-shirts, shirts, blouses, or camisoles 4 bottoms - jeans, pants, shorts,...

I took a break today to drop some stuff to the charity shop and have a mooch about the shops. The local department store now has a Wallis se...

Well I made up the beanbig/pouffe inner and stuffed it with 3 bags of stuffing. Its huge and the stuffing goes nowhere near it. In fact its ...

I've started making my pouffe/ottoman using a pattern from a book for a beanbag. Hopefully once completed it'll be a little bit like...

I think I am learning towards my old favourite New Look 6735 for the PR challenge. I've made the top lots of times and also converted th...

You may recall I had a mad scheme at one point called Wardrobe in A Week, which I ran as a sew along on Stitchers Guild.  On similar lines ...

Have ordered these patterns - discontinued from Simplicity.

I left a question for Imogen at InsideOutStyle about how to wear the colour camel, which as you know is big this season. She posted her an...

I still need to make the brown striped waistcoat, but in my head I've already moved on to my next capsule, a spring green and black set ...

Here's the gold blouse finished. The little gold buttons were a gift from the lovely Jenni and were cut from a worn out but expensive R...

Still no progress on the gold blouse, but post coffee and danish I will get started honest. Last weekend I was at Jenni 's where we d...

Having promised Jenni I would finish the gold blouse and wear it to my multiple Christmas parties, I instead have started plotting a new pro...