Monthly Archives: August, 2016

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 […]

LEMON SHORTS! 🍋🩳 Surprise hit of the summer! These quick shorts saved my life this week during London's heat wave… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 days ago
I MADE A THING!! I actually have been working on a few sewing projects during lockdown and will be showing off my n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
@fehrtrade Awesome, thank you!! 3 months ago
@fehrtrade Can't find it on Play Store - what's the Android version called, I wonder? 3 months ago
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… 3 months ago