Free Pattern Bonus! Rosa Shirt Long Sleeve and Cuff

Fancy making a Rosa shirt or dress with long sleeves and cuff opening for the colder months? We’ve created a bonus pattern for the full length sleeves, cuffs and facings, which you can download for free, plus step-by-step instructions (below) on how to sew them together. You're welcome!

Download the Rosa cuff pattern 

(The pattern prints on 9 sheets of A4 or Letter paper)

Nautical Cascade Anorak

Meet my new anorak! This is the Cascade pattern by Grainline - lovely lady Jen gave it to me when I met up with her in Chicago a while back, and I finally got around to making it this September. I love it!

I made it in a soft blue cotton twill from Goldhawk Road, and lined it in a navy striped jersey (I can't remember where I got that from, sorry). It's a cropped jacket with the hemline around the high hip. I didn't quite realise this until I'd cut it out - I had it in my head that it would look like a Seasalt anorak I have, and didn't bother look at the finished measurements. Good job I didn't shorten it like I usually do on bodices, as it's already pretty short! I do really like it though, and there's another variation in the pattern to add a lower panel if you want it to be longer.

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Sewing Space Tours... Ashley's Sewing Sanctuary!

Hello! Lexy at the keys once again, to introduce a rather lovely sewing space as part of our Sewing Space Tours series. We're all in love with the colour of that filing cabinet - it would look right at home over at Tilly Towers! Here's Ashley to show us around her space...

Hello! I'm Ashley, and I'm the face behind Lazy Daisy Jones, where I blog about living creatively and colourfully. I'm here to share with you my favourite room in the house - my sewing room. I live with my family and a menagerie of pets, in the glorious rural county of Dorset, in the South West of the UK.

How to Sew Piping to a Collar or Corner

Stitching piping to the seams of your handmade clothes is a lovely way to highlight interesting style lines, particularly if they’d otherwise be hidden by a darker fabric or busy print.

While I’ve written about piping before, I expect some of you may be wondering how to pipe the corners on the Rosa shirt and dress – on the pointed yoke and corners of the collar. So today I’m going to take you through the steps to pipe a seam with a corner.