Monthly Archives: July, 2011

Review: Style Sew Me Nikki Blazer 07/03/2019
Here's a quick review of my latest make - the Style Sew Me Patterns Nikki Blazer. This is a fantastic, relatively easy pattern and I love the blazer I made! I used an old curtain (!) that I'd had for a while to make this. I used lining fabric from stash, considering several different options before choosing a plain navy offcut. This is why I keep m […]
Kate's A-line 60s dress - draft your own! 16/02/2019
Kate's kelly green 60s style A-line dress has a gorgeous dart configuration and interesting pocket detail. Here's a quick tutorial to draft your own version. The dart configuration is unusual - while it looks like there are three darts there are actually only two since the vertical part is simply a join at the centre front. This shape is accented w […]
NEW! Introducing Capital Chic Outfit Designer 16/01/2017
I'm very excited to be unveiling a new feature on our website today: Capital Chic Outfit Designer! The idea behind Outfit Designer is to help you plan your sewing projects using Capital Chic patterns - you can select any dress, shirt or skirt (or any combination of the separates) from either of our collections and choose a colour or upload a photo of so […]

@fehrtrade Awesome, thank you!! 1 week ago
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RT @fehrtrade: Omg sewing friends - the Spanish pattern magazine Patrones has an app now! Issues are £3.99 AND you get to download the patt… 1 week ago
RT @rachsyme: celine dion's outfits in new york over the last week, to cleanse the TL https://t.co/YyZG0YCT87 2 weeks ago
RT @brooksanncamper: Free Designer Pattern: McQueen Dress blog.pattern-vault.com/2020/02/01/fre… via @PatternVault 3 weeks ago