Illustration of an orange anglerfish in turqoise water.

The same anglerfish as in the previous image, but this time tiny in a huge turquoise sea.

I have made my own fabric pattern! If I've done it right (fingers crossed) the anglerfish will fill the bottom right half of my button-up shirt, and the rest will be turquoise ocean. Sent off the image to Art Fabrics today to be printed...

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Finished sewing these crochet granny squares into strips this morning.
Next step is to sew the strips together into a big square.

#crochet
#memade
#crafting

Square one of many for an eventual crochet blanket.

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#memade
#rainbow

Me made Monday! I made this fun bee dress for the @jococruise last week and it was perfect for the hot Mexico weather. It’s my second Baker from Seamwork and both have been sleeveless.

#memade #isewmyownclothes #beedress #summerfashion #jococruise2026

She’s done and debuted! After deliberation, I give you ‘Titania.’ This retro wrap dress hasn’t been my favorite, but she taught me a lot about darting. A little whimsy and fae- she’s definitely a late spring/summer dress that will go best with open toed shoes.

#garmentsewing #sewsky #memade #sewing

Still slowly making granny squares that will eventually become a sweater for my husband. At this rate he’ll have it by mid-summer.

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#crafting
#memade

I'm wearing pleated wool trousers (a #greenstylecargo hack) and a wide neckline white/black polka dot T-shirt in bamboo elastane which is #greenstyleboxytee.

I'm wearing a yellow jumper with kangaroo pocket, which is #greenstylebanff. I'm also wearing black jeans with white roses all over, barrel legged, these are #fibremoodbarbro. I'm standing on a beach with the ocean behind me.

White fabric with black stripes in varying widths.

A magazine is open to the page showing #fibremoodronya, a wraparound cardiganish robeish thing.

I'm all secret squirrel on the #garmentsewing because I'm testing at present but here are some #memade outfits from today and yesterday and also a fabric+ pattern combo. Got this ticking at Dunedin hospice yesterday and ALSO made a new sewing friend, a lovely older lady at the counter 🥳🥹

Person with blue bangs and blue glasses in an orange shirt with a half-finished shirt over it patterned with crabby seagulls.

Person from the back, same shirt, crabby seagulls on the sleeves and yoke, rest of the back is a white fabric.

Crabby Seagull #CameronButtonUp just needs the collar, hemming, and buttons, I am already crazy excited to wear it - the back is scrap fabric, so I only had to buy 1 meter of custom fabric. Look how crabby they are!

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These new, fun pants were easy to put together using the Vogue pattern 9181. I like to sew, alter, remake, upcycle, refashion everything I can. #sewing #vogu9181 #memade #funpants #imadeitmyself

Quiet coffee and crafting time spent sewing together crochet granny squares.

#crochet
#grannysquares
#memade

I have to adjust the shoulders and back, but I am absolutely at that point where I am ready for her to be done. But god damn is she coming along!!!

#garmentsewing #memade #sewing

Finally finished the black border around my lace weight granny squares! I think I’m going to use them to make a cocoon shrug. There’s not enough to make the whole thing out of the granny squares, but they can be a decorative panel for the back.

#crochet
#grannysquares
#memade

A gray canvas wristlet sits on a wood desk. It's handle has basic color blocked embroidery to cover up the icky old gray

Spent my flight on the way to the @acs.org Spring Meeting embroidering my purse handle because I realized last night that it was ratty.
I'll be the one sewing during sessions ☺️
#acs #Atlanta #memade

5 Skirts from 1 Pattern! 🧵 What do you do when you've found the perfect skirt pattern and have already made one great red skirt? Why you go through the fabric stash...

You can also see my go-to adjustable Butterick 6196 skirt pattern & how I made some of my gray skirts in this throwback video #sewsky! 😁🖤💪🏻🧵

kristinbattestella.blogspot.com/2023/05/5-sk... #memade #sewing

Bling Binge! 2024 was a busy year of writing, podcast, and video commitments and not a lot of sewing or crafts until the holidays. However, there's alw...

More Jewelry Making on my Kbatz Krafts Blog 💎🖤😁

#jewelrymaking #memade #upcycle

Me in an initial K black shirt that must be 20 years old and a deadstock gray skirt made by me with me made hematite and thrift glass bead jewelry. There is also a tortitute girl cat on my sewing patterns on the floor cleaning herself because that is what torti cats do.

The tortitude cat in question now in my arms who is very unhappy to be snatched and unable to roll all over my fabric on the floor.

When was the Initial thing & how old is this K shirt? Why bother taking pics anyway of my me made jewelry & skirt if the cat is going to photobomb me every time? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🖤

#catsofbluesky #tortitude #memade #sewsky

Crochet granny square blanket in rounds of greys, purples, and fuchsia draped over the back of a couch.

Update on my stash busting crochet blanket! Finished the skein of scratchy dark grey yarn, and draped it on my couch to check the size. I think I want to do 5 or six more rounds and then reassess.

#crochet
#scrapbusting
#memade

Person with blue framed glasses is holding a blue piece of fabric with crabby seagulls on it.

CRABBY SEAGULLS HAVE ARRIVED! This is the genderless pattern I found on the Pattern Designs site, and then had printed at Art Fabrics (Canadian alternative to Spoonflower). I am DELIGHTED.

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Woman standing with her back to the camera in front of a couch and wall wearing a shirt and pants.

Woman standing with her front to the camera in front of a couch and wall wearing a shirt and pants.

Me rocking my handmade clothing today! Top is a modified hinterland dress from @sewliberated.bsky.social The bottoms are seaforth pants by Hey June Handmade. #sewing #handmade #memade

Progress:
- cut an extra layer of the underdress to remove how sheer it was (no see through dresses).
- added an under facing to the whole collar.
- began staging and pinning a pearl trim and put in an order for additional trim so we can put it on the whole skirt.

#garmentsewing #memade #sewing

Morning lake walk. That is a Sockhead hat on my head with leftover sock and mohair yarns. The hubs is wearing the Norwegian Fairisle Snowflake Hat. Both were knitted years ago. 😄 #memade #knitsky #knitting 🧶

She’s not super pretty yet- but she is cut! I am considering doing a liner though for how sheer the under dress us (picture in the right). Thoughts? Loving this combination so dar for what is starting to feel like a fae royal dress to me.

#garmentsewing #memade #DIYprogress #upcyclingdrapery

Slowly treading towards something a Little sheer but a Lot of Pretty. May have to break out the costume pearls for this one.

#garmentsewing #upcycling #memade #sewsky

Person standing behind a yellow front fabric piece for a jacket with a blue pocket on top of it. Person has blue bangs, blue glasses, and an orange shirt on.

Because I'm terrified of my first jacket (#SpindriftJacket) my progress has be GLACIAL but while I wait for the Crabby Seagull fabric to arrive I've actually made a tiny bit of progress. This is the front left:

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Retro seagulls Seamless Vector Pattern Design Retro seagulls Seamless Vector Pattern ✓ Checked by Hand ✓ Buy and Download ✓ SVG ✓ PDF ✓ JPG ✓ Patterndesigns.com

Seagull shirt HERE I COME - I've bought the pattern (linked below) of Crabby Seagulls and the custom fabric will arrive in a week or so! WHEE! (more below)

www.patterndesigns.com/en/design/19...

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Made a floral pocket skirt inspired by Paper Theory’s design. Reinforced the pocket seams with twill tape going from the waistband. Made from rayon challis.

#handmadeclothes #memade #diyskirt

A white woman stands in an office workspace. She is wearing jeans and a bold striped shirt. The stripes are blue, red, Grey, and gold. The shirt has a dropped shoulder and 3/4 length sleeve

The back of a woman standing with hand on her hips. Her shirt is covered with bold stripes that match perfectly across the keyhole details in the shirt.

An arm wearing a 3/4 sleeve shirt and teal watch. The shirt has bold stripes and a pleated detail mid-forearm that gives the shirt an interesting shape.

Finished the shirt! All that pinning for the pattern matching was worth it 👌 I love the sleeve pleats!
Next time I make the pattern I'll move that middle keyhole a bit to cover my bra strap. But the little patch is just fine.
#sewing #memade #fibremood #sanna

A stripey piece of fabric lays in front of a sewing machine. It has about 30 pins attaching it to the fabric on the other side

A shirt sleeve showing a variety of blue. Gold, and red lines that perfectly match up at the seam. Perfectly!

Who is this sewist and what has she done with my cavalier attitude toward pattern matching?

#sewing #memade #FibreMood #Sanna

Star Stitch Skirt Crochet Pattern Today I’m publishing something a little different for Little Conkers – my latest crochet pattern is my Star Stitch Skirt! This simple but elegant, knee-length skirt is a great place to start if…

#Crochet pattern for an elegant skirt that's easy to make, and easy to customise. Full details here: littleconkers.co.uk/star-stitch-...
#MeMade #MakeYourOwn #CrochetSkirt #CrochetClothes

Smiling person with blue glasses and blue bangs in a shirt that has a rainbow stripe front, white collar, and white sleeves with rainbow edges.

My #CameronButtonUp is finished except for buttons! I sewed 5 sleeves in total and had to re-do the entire front but learned so much along the way. Especially proud of the sleeves. Had Esme from Great British (more)

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