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Pattern Magic 2: wearing a square

By lizhaywood | July 4, 2016 |

Pattern Magic 2 by Tomoko Nakamichi has been in our bookshelf for some time, but I’ve just made my first garment from it. Wearing a square is a top made from, not a square, but a rectangle of fabric, with some clever cutting. If you like sculptural clothes, and quirky, interesting patternmaking, you’ll…

Blast from the Past: PVC clothing

By lizhaywood | April 19, 2016 |

During the school holidays, my daughter and I thought we’d make a pencil case from a pattern in a children’s activity book. The pencil case is shaped like a shark with a clever zippered opening for the mouth. We searched around for some suitable fabric, and I remembered I had some silver PVC fabric offcuts…