C Sews

Last fall, I was contacted by Needle Sharp, which offers monthly subscription boxes and standalone sewing kits, to see if I’d be interested in collaborating with them. They offered to send me a...

https://csews.com/sewing-2/my-needle-sharp-subscription-box-wildwood-vest

Free Spirit Fabrics Color Me Kaffe Challenge inspired me to make the Matchy Matchy Sewing Club’s Collage Gather Top PDF pattern. The challenge was to use at least three Kaffe Fassett fabrics to...

https://csews.com/tops/collage-gather-top

Last November, Ella Clausen of Handmade Millennial was a guest speaker for the Bay Area Sewists Meetup group. She also brought some of her garments to show us. As you may know, I’m the organize...

https://csews.com/qa/handmade-millennial

When I realized that Nina Chang-Smith, the designer and founder behind her indie pattern company, Nina Lee Patterns, had moved from London to the Bay Area, I invited her to be Bay Area Sewists‘...

https://csews.com/sewing-2/qa-with-nina-of-nina-lee-patterns

This is my first I Am Irma shirt dress, an I Am Patterns design, and my first make as a Fabric Godmother ambassador! I made the I Am Irma shirt in cotton lawn and organza last year. For the shirt...

https://csews.com/dresses/i-am-irma-shirt-dress-in-a-fabric-godmother-floral-print

I made an Adrienne Blouse in a Lady McElroy print (Epic Spectacle)! I absolutely love this fabric, which I got from Stonemountain and Daughter Fabrics two years ago (sorry, sold out now). My orig...

https://csews.com/sewing-2/adrienne-blouse-in-a-lady-mcelroy-print

SewOver50 is hosting a color-blocking sewing challenge this month so I decided to make a color-blocked Seamwork Bo Top. If you are familiar with Seamwork’s patterns, they are designed for a C c...

https://csews.com/tops/color-blocked-seamwork-bo-top

I finished my cropped Hovea Jacket! This was made with Nani Iro double gauze that was pre-quilted especially for Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics in Berkeley. They picked several lovely designs t...

https://csews.com/outerwear/cropped-hovea-jacket-is-done

I had been eying the pre-quilted Nani Iro double gauze at Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics for a while. They had several designs quilted just for the store. I took the photo below in April so som...

https://csews.com/coats/making-the-hovea-jacket

I’ve had the Sew House Seven Free Range Slacks in my sewing queue for a long time (available in paper and digital versions). The pattern comes in two size ranges, standard (00-20) and curvy (18...

https://csews.com/pants/free-range-slacks-in-black-linen

I had some black linen fabric in my stash that I used to sew my first pair of Free Range Slacks, version 2 (straight leg, cropped). I cut it out and sewed the main pants pieces together — front...

https://csews.com/sewing-tips/lining-the-free-range-slacks

Everyone’s body is different. We come in all shapes and sizes, which can make it challenging to find a sewing pattern that fits your body. Luckily, some indie sewing patterns design for a parti...

https://csews.com/sewing-tips/sewing-pattern-height