In with the New and a Clearance Sale with the Old...

I'm tired and mono-syllabic.  Briefly, this is the latest...

 

I've been making Flat Caps in winter wool fabric.

 

 

(Flat Cap pattern available here.)

 

I also made a few Zip-Away Shopping Bags.

 



Today passed in a flurry of organisation and hardware-packaging.  Pre-stocktake, I thought it would be a good idea to clear away anything that isn't going to be an ongoing product line for wholesale or workshops. 

 

 

WE'RE HAVING A SALE

In-store only, for 1 week

Details of how to find us and our opening hours are HERE.

Discontinued hardware is 40% off marked price. 

That includes flex frames and these gorgeous large round purse feet.

 

I've added lots of odds and ends to the bargain basket - up to 50% off there.

 

I'm also discounting a few items that we have lots of, including some of the wire-formed and flat o-rings, like these 38mm rings. 25% off.

 

I'm throwing in a few special bargains - in limited quantities - like 5-packs of magnetic snaps...

 

..and grommets.

 

There are also discontinued patterns for $5 and current patterns with soon-to-be-updated covers at 20% off.

 

And to make it totally worth the trip in to see us, I'm discounting woven interfacings by 10%.

 

So... Shall we see you in Northcote...?

 

 

The New Flat Cap Pattern and a Magazine Project

Well, I finally stopped talking about it and got around to making a hat for the blokes (which also looks fab on girls). 

I've made it a digital download, so you can print it out immediately and start sewing up a flat-cap storm in time for Christmas.  You can get it HERE.

The pattern is a multi-size number, which fits sizes - Small - 56cm (22’’), Medium - 58cm (23’’), Large - 60cm (23’’) and Extra-Large - 62cm (24’’).

NOTE: I'd recommend printing out the instructions 2-up or booklet form, and check your printer settings before printing out the pattern, to make sure that it's printing ACTUAL SIZE, not fit-to-page.

 

The cap can be made in any medium-weight fabric, through to thicker wools and (my favourite) cotton moleskin.  

During the development process, the design went through lots of minor tweakings, thanks to my advisory committee of blokes (Chris in the office's sons and hubby, my mate Dale and his workmates, and my cover-boy Chris, who somehow got bundled into the whole thing and ended up on the cover without any sort of plan... ahem.. or payment ...apart from a hat).

 

Some of the sample hats have been claimed by members of said advisory committee, and can be seen on the streets of Melbourne as we speak.  I've heard that compliments have been made and girls have borrowed them.  And the blokes like them, which is what I was aiming for. 

 



 While we're on the subject of new patterns, this month's Australian Homespun Magazine has the final in the "A Trip to Remember" project of the month.  It's a bag designed by Amy Butler, with instructions developed by yours truly.

 Amy was in a tight spot last year, when her pattern-writing staff were away sick, and the project needed to be put together.  I was called in to help ...so I helped. 



The design and pattern are not mine - I was sent a sample and a pattern, and I worked out the work flow, wrote instructions, included a few tips for things that I thought might help and took the photos.  And then the Homespun editors did their re-working to the Homespun format and we have the final project.  It was a bit of a group-effort, really.

So... lots of holiday sewing for you!   Back to book-writing for me.....