The Josie pattern tester group covered every size in the pattern range using all sorts of different fabrics and now we’ve put these all into a gallery!
Take a look for lots of inspiration!
Click here to check out the gallery of blouses made by the Team Josie testing team!
Pattern: Casey Sweater by Experimental Space
Fabric: Sloths in Lilac French terry from Lilly and Mimi Fabric Shop
Little Bits: 200m Gutermann sew all thread, 3x 19mm Prym cover buttons
Size: Cara (35)
Mods: None
I forgot to share my Sloth Casey with you! These adorable little guys made for a very sweet and snuggly Casey and I’m totally in love with the buttons. The sloth material is a medium French Terry and the contrasting fabric is a t-shirting material. I made the buttons using cover buttons and decided to use their cute little faces for the buttons and I love how it turned out!
It makes me so happy to wear this one. Now I can sit around being slothy on the weekends in my slothy sweater.
2019 marks the start of a huge change for me. I’ve now said goodbye to my job of 15 years to work on my patterns full time. Which is both exciting and terrifying! I decided I needed to focus more time on Experimental Space than it was getting so have taken the leap! I am very much looking forward to spending all of my time on something I enjoy so much.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me so far. The sewing community is so lovely, like a big welcoming family. I can’t wait to see what happens in 2019
French seams are my favourite way to enclose seams on lightweight woven fabrics. It only takes a few extra steps and the finish on the seams is well worth the effort.
I’ve created a video demonstrating French Seams and I’ve also written it out into four easy steps just beneath the video if you prefer. Apologies it is in portrait mode, I originally created it for demonstrating on Instagram but thought it could also be of use here! The pattern mentioned in the video is the Evelyn Blouse.
The first seam you make will be visible on the outside of the garment, but don’t worry, the final steps hide this away.
Open up the piece and press the seam to one side. It doesn’t matter which side at this point. Then turn the piece RS together and press, making sure the seam is right on the edge of the fabric.
Now the seam will only be visible from the wrong side of the fabric. Press the finished french seam to the back.
Note: You can end up with a slightly smaller finished French seam by sewing a 3/8″ seam during step 2, trimming this to 1/4″ and then sewing a 1/4″ seam for step 4. I don’t do it this way around because I find sewing the second seam at 1/4″ often means stray threads from the fraying fabric edge are more likely to peek through to the right side of the fabric.
Pattern: Ultimate Pencil Skirt by Sew Over It
Fabric: Grey Melange Suiting Fabric (Polyester / Viscose) from Guthrie & Ghani
Little Bits: 100m Gutermann sew all thread
Size: 10
Version: N/A
Mods: Apart from shortening them hem (4 inches), absolutely nothing!
(Wearing with the Evelyn Blouse)
Lots of other people had made this and I’d loved their makes but still thought it wouldn’t suit me. Eventually, I convinced myself to take a leap and bought the paper version (which comes in a sweet little booklet/envelope style wrapper). It’s a very well written pattern and was very easy to follow.
I picked this fabric up when I was lucky enough to visit the Guthrie & Ghani shop in person. I had been to a wedding the day before and that had halved the distance I am normally from the shop. They have lovely pictures on their website which do an excellent job of accurately representing the fabrics but no matter what it is always nicer to see and feel them in person.
A perfectly fitting, incredibly flattering skirt. I would love to make another but in a nice deep navy blue. And maybe a mustard one.
