Monthly Archives: August, 2016

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 […]
NEW PATTERNS ALERT! Winter 2016 Collection launches today 18/11/2016
It's pattern launch day! I'm so excited to show you what I've been working on for the Winter 2016 collection. I know it's been a while coming, so thanks for sticking with me for this long! Anyway, there are four new patterns in this collection... Firstly there is a shirt/shirt dress I have named Cuba Libre. This one came about because I w […]
Simple Dressing Gown 07/07/2016
Of course, I wanted a matching dressing gown for my Carolyn night shirt. I decided on something that was easily made without a pattern as I wanted to get it finished as quickly as possible. This Kimono-style dressing gown is therefore made from rectangles and L-shapes sewn together. It’s made from the same pink fabric as I used for the piping in my night shi […]

What IS "silk cady," anyway? threadsmagazine.com/2016/04/27/inv… via @threadsmagazine 2 days ago
That's a Yorkshire Pudding! (My culture is NOT your "fluffy pancake" etc etc) twitter.com/nytimes/status… 1 week ago
RT @sewingbee: *AHEM*. We're looking for amazing sewers to take part in the next #SewingBee. Know someone who should apply? Tweet them this… 1 week ago
RT @ooobop: #memademay2018 Day 9: wearing @charity_chic Martini skirt from a… instagram.com/p/Biktn3xnulD/… 2 weeks ago
RT @Thriftystitcher: Do you make clothes for yourself? Can you help with my Masters fit research? All anonymous & confidential, https://t.… 2 weeks ago