Chez Plum

On saturday we had our first sewing workshop, together with a few friends to “test the waters”: I was surprised to see it actually took us nearly 3 hours to have everyone finish their first pad. And with none of them being an expert sewist, more attention was needed from me at each [...]

I made a treasury list on Etsy: I loooooove Matryoshkas ! :-)

Which leads to showing you a glimpse of the 2 skirts I made lately… More on those later. :-)

A few months ago, I contacted Sarah on Etsy, who has a very pretty store called freckles and Fairytales. She has beautiful pictures there. I sent her some of my crocheted items, and look at the pretty photos she took! :-)

I always try to make efforts in taking [...]

Have you ever thought about trying to sew your own reusable sanitary cloth pads ? In my pattern I will explain all you need to know about how to make them totally waterproof (no leaking!!), make them in different absorbencies for all stages of your period, … and most important, how to care and [...]

We had a week-end with all the cousins and my grandmother this week-end, and suddenly my grandma realised the loto at her residence is on tuesday. She’s meant to give a few things there, and weeks ago I said I’d make her a Camelia purse. Oops.

I started working on this yesterday at around 3 [...]

Months and months ago, I realised I needed to stop using disposable sanitary pads, and started to look up at options online to buy some. But, that meant quite a budget. I could sew, and thought why not make them myself ?
After months and months of developping my own pattern and testing the resulting [...]

Thanks to my testers Vicki and , the pattern for the Baby Babouches is now available ! :-)

You will need small amounts of Baby Cashmerino by Debbie Bliss (or any other sport weight yarn) and a 3.75 mm (F) hook. The pattern includes instructions for 3 sizes, 3-6 months, 6-9 months ans 9-12 months.
You [...]

After trying all sorts of tricks to work out several baby sizes while retaining exactly the same look…

It looks pretty good now, and I have 3 sizes for the baby babouches, from 3-6 months to 9-12 months. Need to work on a couple more in-progress pictures and will then forward the pattern to [...]