As it Seams

Ariana, a dress for Sri Lanka

By Victoria As-it-Seams - 15:13

Oh look I’m back on the blog! I may not have been blogging, but I have been sewing, and I want to try and start sharing again. Properly. Not only sewing though. I’m feeling a little spark of creativity and I’d like to start writing again. Properly. So, As it Seams is risen! It might take a slightly different form. There will be...

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Inespiration: How my friends (and a little Nani Iro) inspire me

By Victoria As-it-Seams - 04:04

What inspires you? All kinds of things inspire me. Firstly fabulous fabric. And then Fabulous Friends. My sewing friendships have been incredible. There are the online sewing buddies in Japan, the US, across Europe, who I know feel are old mates. I've watched their children grow up in their hand-mades, and their sewing, their lives and their blogs, evolve. We 'chat' like old...

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Sunshine and Sheep - Back blogging with Bohemian Baby Doll Dress

By Victoria As-it-Seams - 14:57

Look! I'm back on the blog. Just because I haven't been blogging, doesn't mean I haven't been sewing. I've sewn quite a lot - catch glimpses over on my Instagram. And I have so much to catch up on - not just sewing, but life stuff. September always feels a little like a 'new year' and this year especially so. My boy has...

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Coffee and Thread Tour 2017: When everything works out perfectly

By Victoria As-it-Seams - 15:36

Sometimes everything comes together. Not often. But sometimes. Usually when I have a vision, it fails to become reality.... But this little project delivered the vision. A girl in a floral dress, in the spring sunshine - on a Sunday afternoon. But let's go back to the beginning. This is the Ania tunic, sewn dress length, for the Coffee and Thread pattern tour 2017....

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Make it Mine Waterfall Raglan Tour.... real life, real clothes

By Victoria As-it-Seams - 05:15

Consider this post a triumph of reality over fantasy. I'm thrilled to be part of the 'Make it Mine' Waterfall Raglan tour showcasing Chalk and Notch's amazingly versatile pattern. But I do feel a bit like Cinderella... I had visions for this top, all kinds of ideas. In fact I signed up for the tour, for two reasons. Firstly because I spotted the...

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Clothes that create smiles: the Groove Dress.

By Victoria As-it-Seams - 03:32

Clothes make me happy. Sewing makes me more happy. And I love it when that happiness is spread around. When my Missy skips down the street, I see her make strangers smile. I think it's her joy at being six years old, which is unbearably precious, and quite rare, which is quite simply infectious. Certainly she makes me smile all the time (and...