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 […]

RT @swear_trek: Damage report, Mister LaForge https://t.co/PrVDmzdB4q 23 hours ago
RT @sebpatrick: “And that's the only difference? He missed the penalty, and you scored it?” “No, I was the one who missed. By his terms, he… 1 week ago
@Crafty_Alibobs @threadsmagazine Thanks Alison! The theme is sky/space so there will be aeroplanes, rockets, blimp etc to follow... 1 week ago
I'm making a quilt, for the first time ever, and I'm rather enjoying it. Loving testing the limits of foundation pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
@threadsmagazine For the first time ever, a quilt! Rather enjoying it. This will hang on the wall in my baby's room. https://t.co/w2vA58yNyd 1 week ago