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 […]

Same. twitter.com/hexprax/status… 1 day ago
RT @Larkinstitcher: Great day yesterday demonstrating 18th century embroidery at the Capt. Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby. Managed to make… 4 days ago
RT @iproposethis: Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up. I've been watching my boys' online behavior & noticed that social media and… 1 week ago
Another weaving sample, this time with navy and white bouclé yarn. Can you see where I am going with this?! (Hint:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 weeks ago
@swanky2ndhand It's a built in belt with a buckle on the back - never seen anything like it before! 4 weeks ago