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I was chosen this month to review the Auden cardigan by Jennifer Lauren Handmade, yay! I have many of Jennifer's patterns and had been promising the Husband a handmade piece of clothing for quite a while so I was very pleased to be chosen. I love the saddle shoulder detail and slim fit body. The pattern lends its self to using contrast fabrics for the body, sleeves, neckline and cuffs, making the most of the saddle shoulder detail. The two options are; View 1 has a contrasting neckline and elbow patches and View 2 is a more subtle option without the contrast neckline or elbow patches. The Husband decided he wanted a subtler option without any contrasting colours and opted for a quilted dogtooth fabric from Minerva Crafts. The fabric was a nightmare. Frayed easily and often (all over my carpet) and my sewing machine was not a fan of its bulkiness! The pattern is a pdf which I sent to Netprinter who printed it in A0, copy shop size, no pritt stick or selotape for me. FIT

@sewmesunshine.uk ran a competition on Instagram to win lots of fab sewing goodies in celebration of being open a month. I was the very lucky winner! Defiantly check out her shop - sewmesunshine.co.uk for the most gorgeous fabric and haberdashery items. Here are the lovely sewing goodies; The packaging is defiantly a ray of sunshine, with purple and yellow packaging and biscuit tape! Inside were: Harriet let me choose 2 meters of any fabric I liked in her shop. She has so many gorgeous fabrics the choice was hard, I could easily make clothes with most of the fabric she stocks. In the end I chose the above Atelier Brunette Twist Dark Blue cotton, which I think I will make the Closet Case Files Kalle Shirtdress with.  A Sewing Makers workbook, this is a great for recording your makes. It includes space for 25 sewing projects, with pattern, date, body measurements, pattern modifications, outcome and fabric swatch. There is also a designing chapter, planning - where

Hi, my name is Rebecca and I started sewing quilts for my children, but a year and a half ago I ventured into sewing my own clothes (in any spare time I have while being a mum of three young children and working full time) and have not looked back. This blog will chart my progress to a me made wardrobe. I hope you enjoy sharing this journey with me and I would love to hear about your experiences too.