Sew Me Sunshine Blog
Meet Sewing Sunshine's February Winner Helen and her Helen's Closet Pona Jacket made with teddy fabric
I absolutely love all of Helen's Closet patterns and the Pona Jacket is one of my favourites. I have seen so many amazing pona jackets on instagram...
Alice's I AM Lucienne in Tencel
It’s not shocker that I’m a big fan of I Am Patterns; they design understated but quirky everyday patterns that are lovely to sew. I have already m...
Ruby Star Society Rayon Tilly and the Buttons Indigo & By Hand London Hannah Hack by Samantha
Hi, I'm Samantha the face behind purple sewing cloud.
I was super honoured to be asked by Harriet to write a blog for her site but it mea...
Nina Lee Southbank Sweater in Cotton Sweatshirting Fabric by Emma
Hi everyone,
You won’t have seen me on the sunshine blog for a while, unfortunately I don’t blog regularly anymore because university work is usua...
Forget Me Not Valerie Dress in Mind the MAKER Stretch Viscose by Emma
I was very fortunate to be gifted the Forget Me Not Patterns Valerie Dress, I absolutely loved the design and felt that it would compliment my ward...
Meet Sewing Sunshine's January Winner Geo and her Burda 116 01 2020 sparkly sweater
I have always loved looking at the Burda Style magazines so I was really excited to see Geo's sweater that she made from the January 2020 issue (1...
Hey June Handmade Willamette Shirt made using cotton voile by Patsy
Hello again, everyone. It’s Patsy here and this time I have a cute little shirt to share with you. If you’ve followed my own blog or have followed ...
Retro Meets Modern Floral Dress | Ruby Star Society Lindley Lawns True Bias Shelby Dress by Paige Joanna
When I saw the Lindley Lawns Caramel floral print fabric by Ruby Star Society I knew I had to create something with it. The print itself reminds me...
Meet Sewing Sunshine's December Winners Sam from @purplesewingcloud & Paige from @paigejoannaa and their By Hand London Hannah Dresses in Deadstock Rayon
Sam (@purplesewingcloud) & Paige (@paigejoannaa) decided to make twinning By Hand London Hannah Dresses in some of our deadstock fabric back i...
Bye 2019 & Hello 2020
Wow what a year it has been for Sew Me Sunshine. I thought it would be good to summarise what has happened this last year and what you can expect f...
Mel's Helen's Closet York Pinafore made in stretch suedette
York Pinafore by Helen’s Closet
I don’t often make the same pattern twice. It’s not because I don’t want to – I just rarely remake things bec...
Meet Sewing Sunshine's November Winner Theresa from @lostmythread & her Jennifer Lauren Handmade Laneway Dress in Robert Kaufman Shetland Flannel
Theresa from @lostmythread has a great instagram page and in November she shared some photographs of her Jennifer Lauren Handmade Laneway Dress th...