Quilting weight cottons are such a fantastic place to start out dressmaking, and I still get sucked in by the gorgeous array of prints that they come in. But fairly quickly you start to see what else is out there and that sticking to this type of fabric can actually become kind of restrictive.
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Naturally, due to the beautiful Parisian prints in these fat quarters, I've gone for a bit of a travel theme with this collection of projects I've sourced around the interwebs.
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So to keep me distracted a little while I have been browsing the internet to find you a fabulous collection of patterns that would work with the fabric that went into the April 'French Fancies' boxes.
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The inspiration for these boxes came as soon as I saw the bundle of Paris themed fat quarters; the colours, the prints, those bicycles.. absolutely gorgeous.
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March saw the return of the Instagram photo challenge #MIYMarch hosted by Wendy Ward and Dressmakers Social. Every day throughout March we have been given a different sewing related prompt to use as photo inspiration for Instagram.
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To celebrate this glorious time of year I am hosting a giveaway over on my YouTube channel. The prize is a SewHayleyJane goody box full of bits and pieces from the last few boxes, including 2.5 meters of the absolutely gorgeous blue floral viscose fabric from the Spring To Life box as well as 8 fat quarters, 3 zips, hooks and eyes, buttons, thread and a 'Netflix and Sew' print.
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Although I've been sewing for a while most of what I've learnt has been from books, the internet and my family, so when I started SewHayleyJane I decide to take the course just ensure that I was doing everything right.
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