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 […]

RT @Marym19: Have you used crafting/embroidery/cross stitch to cope with anxiety? DM me it's for a story! 1 day ago
Most boring job in the world... EVER! What do you do when you've lost your sewjo? I'm organising some stuff that I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
RT @thebasementtan: Hi, Twitter! I completed this project on July 19, 2019. Here you can enjoy all 647 unique outfits worn by Marlo Thomas… 2 days ago
The finished bookmark! This is just a test, really - excited for what I can make next... #weaving instagram.com/p/B0JeYQmgA8M/… 2 days ago
This could be the beginning of a beautiful new hobby ❤️ #weaving instagram.com/p/B0EN6jDg2pc/… 4 days ago