Sew-not-couture
@sew-not-couture.bsky.social
Sewing, pattern design, crochet, embroidery, food microbiologist, coffee snob, human mum, dog mum, wife, beach lover, Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
When you can’t afford a genuine Hermès Kelly Bag, this is the next best thing. Bag kit was from Babalyon Leather, stitching together was all me.
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#leathercraft
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June 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
When you can’t afford a genuine Hermès Kelly Bag, this is the next best thing. Bag kit was from Babalyon Leather, stitching together was all me.
#sewsky
#leathercraft
#sewsky
#leathercraft
Last night I got a panicked phone call from a mum whose kid is in my son’s class. School musical starts this week & dress rehearsal was yesterday. The school had not told her that the dress needed back access for the microphone. Guess what I am doing today? Emergency zipper install!
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March 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Last night I got a panicked phone call from a mum whose kid is in my son’s class. School musical starts this week & dress rehearsal was yesterday. The school had not told her that the dress needed back access for the microphone. Guess what I am doing today? Emergency zipper install!
#sewingthreads
#sewingthreads
March 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM
March 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Bless him - my non-culinary inclined husband is cooking dinner tonight. He is doing Singapore noodles with chicken and veg. First question was “how to I cut the chicken?” I love that he is prepared to have a go! ❤️
March 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Bless him - my non-culinary inclined husband is cooking dinner tonight. He is doing Singapore noodles with chicken and veg. First question was “how to I cut the chicken?” I love that he is prepared to have a go! ❤️
12 hours until I get 6 hrs of uninterrupted sewing time!! Just a bit excited!!
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March 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
12 hours until I get 6 hrs of uninterrupted sewing time!! Just a bit excited!!
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Tried a new way of sewing bust darts today. The fabric is a diabolical (but lovely) silk blend that is sliding all over the place.
I started with cutting 1 half of the dart on the pattern, folding it back and marking it on the fabric right side with tailors chalk. 🧵1/4
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I started with cutting 1 half of the dart on the pattern, folding it back and marking it on the fabric right side with tailors chalk. 🧵1/4
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March 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Tried a new way of sewing bust darts today. The fabric is a diabolical (but lovely) silk blend that is sliding all over the place.
I started with cutting 1 half of the dart on the pattern, folding it back and marking it on the fabric right side with tailors chalk. 🧵1/4
#sewsky
I started with cutting 1 half of the dart on the pattern, folding it back and marking it on the fabric right side with tailors chalk. 🧵1/4
#sewsky
Looking for a group messenger system that is not WhatsApp or Telegram? Any suggestion?
March 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Looking for a group messenger system that is not WhatsApp or Telegram? Any suggestion?
Prep, pinning and pattern matching. I have 5 more of these placemats to make - then I can get onto sewing what I really want to sew!
February 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Prep, pinning and pattern matching. I have 5 more of these placemats to make - then I can get onto sewing what I really want to sew!
Labour of love! The one cake that I decorate each year is for my son’s birthday. This year’s effort as they are going kayaking for his birthday.
February 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Labour of love! The one cake that I decorate each year is for my son’s birthday. This year’s effort as they are going kayaking for his birthday.
When it comes to quilting, it massively frustrates me when my points do not match up. Last year, I discovered #foundationpaperpeicing and it was like the heavens opened & the angels sang with the perfection of this method. Loved it so much I have started a new quilt for our bedroom.
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February 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
When it comes to quilting, it massively frustrates me when my points do not match up. Last year, I discovered #foundationpaperpeicing and it was like the heavens opened & the angels sang with the perfection of this method. Loved it so much I have started a new quilt for our bedroom.
#sewsky
#sewsky
What’s on my cutting table today?
After spending last year not buying fabric so I could use up some of my stash, today I visited some of my favourite fabric stores. (Drapers, The Fabric Store, All Buttons Great and Small - Newtown, Sydney, Australia)
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
What’s on my cutting table today?
Morning puppy snuggles
January 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Morning puppy snuggles
So true!!
There are two types of amateur sewist.
Type 1: People who want a fun hobby, making their own clothing/accessories/ soft furnishings all the while developing a lifelong skill.
Type 2: People who want to fight God.
Neither are interested in hemming your trousers
#sewing #garmentsewing
Type 1: People who want a fun hobby, making their own clothing/accessories/ soft furnishings all the while developing a lifelong skill.
Type 2: People who want to fight God.
Neither are interested in hemming your trousers
#sewing #garmentsewing
January 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So true!!
January 31, 2025 at 5:52 AM
What’s your least favourite sewing activity? Mine is taking up the hems on my son’s school uniform so they are ready for the start of the school year next week. 😣
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January 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
What’s your least favourite sewing activity? Mine is taking up the hems on my son’s school uniform so they are ready for the start of the school year next week. 😣
#sewing
#sewing
It’s supposed to be summer here but the weather is not cooperating. A good day to chill on the sofa.
January 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It’s supposed to be summer here but the weather is not cooperating. A good day to chill on the sofa.
One of the questions I often see being asked is how to store PDF sewing patterns, particularly when printed A0 size. This is how I store mine.
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January 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One of the questions I often see being asked is how to store PDF sewing patterns, particularly when printed A0 size. This is how I store mine.
#sewing
#sewing
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
After spending last year not buying fabric so I could use up some of my stash, today I visited some of my favourite fabric stores. (Drapers, The Fabric Store, All Buttons Great and Small - Newtown, Sydney, Australia)
January 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
After spending last year not buying fabric so I could use up some of my stash, today I visited some of my favourite fabric stores. (Drapers, The Fabric Store, All Buttons Great and Small - Newtown, Sydney, Australia)