Sew Ruthie Style

  This dress is made from a lovely viscose (rayon) fabric in a rich blue which I bought in a charity shop 2 years ago. The community chorus ...

  I used some heavy rayon mix twill from deep stash to make a simple little suit.. The jacket is New Look 6481 with the hem levelled out and...

  I used Simplicity 9200 with a few tweaks. I lengthened the sleeves, added a bound slit and buttoned cuffs. I also put the buttonholes slig...

I recently had the chance to spend some time with a sewing buddy and picked up some goodies for the sewing room. As always when visiting a s...

 White turtleneck top This is the polo neck/turtleneck from New Look 6008 (long out of print) with a high round back alteration. It'll b...

This is a Closet Core Tee in plain white. I did the longer length with a sleeve length between the two views. I added the pocket as it looks...

 This is a modified Vera Knit Top with a solid body and sleeves with holes! I changed the V neck to a scoop, did a high round back alteratio...

  This is a very simple scooped neck tee in white made from a pattern I traced from a RTW top. I find it useful to have a few plain basic pi...

This was my first experiment making something with fusible fleece inside it.  I'd already fused the fleece to the whole outer fabric bef...

I had this navy and white RTW fleece turtleneck top which I wore occasionally when it was very cold. I thought it would get more wear with a...

  A long sleeved stripe tee made from a remnant my mum passed to me (she's more a knitter these days). This is the polo neck/turtleneck ...

I had a remnant of this fabric left from making something for Auntie J and there was just enough to cut out my favourite shirt pattern with ...

This top started out as a gathered skirt many years ago. At some point after that I recut it into a woven tee shirt and left the bits in a b...

 This is my first try with the Love Notions Ballad Blouse I made the size XL with Bishop sleeves. Next time I would alter the yoke to better...

Here are some recent fabric purchases From Boyes in Whitby Left - navy cotton with a Kingfisher and weeping willow. I loved this so much I w...