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Cambie Dress by Scruffy Badger

By on May 8, 2012 in Patterns

I’m excited to share more Cambie Dresses, made by talented pattern testers before the pattern release! This way you can see what the dress looks like on people other than me, in a variety of fabrics and colours. I don’t know about you, but I’m sometimes biased by the garment in the photographs of pattern [...]

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Louise’s Minoru Jacket

By on January 14, 2012 in Patterns

While we’re talking about Minoru Jackets and preparing for the Sew-Along, I thought I’d point out more finished Minoru Jackets around the blog world! If you haven’t picked a fabric yet, maybe this bold print that Louise used will get you inspired. It’s wild and loud and I love it! It makes a statement for [...]

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Valerie’s Minoru Jacket

By on December 13, 2011 in Patterns

More and more Minoru Jackets are starting to appear! I’ve seen a few more pattern tester’s versions, and there are even people who’ve already made up the pattern since it was released. So exciting! I love sharing them with you guys. You never know which version is going to be the one that inspires you [...]

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Lauren’s Minoru Jacket

By on December 2, 2011 in Patterns

Happy Friday! Today I have another awesome pattern tester’s Minoru Jacket to share with you. You may have already seen Lauren from Lladybird’s white Minoru jacket, but in case you haven’t, here it is! Click to check out Lauren’s blog post on pattern testing, and see about twenty more photos of her jacket from all [...]

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Rachel’s Minoru Jacket

By on November 24, 2011 in Patterns

Another Minoru Jacket from pattern testing! Rachel from Melbourne used a waterproof cotton canvas fabric, in a fun shade of pink. Talk about brightening up a rainy day! Rachel used a cotton print for the main lining, but lined the sleeves with a slippery fabric so it would be easy to wear over sweaters (jumpers). [...]

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Anna’s Minoru Jacket

By on November 21, 2011 in Patterns

Happy Monday, everyone! I’m back with another version of the Minoru Jacket. This one is from Anna, a pattern tester from Italy. Pretty awesome to think that someone in Japan and someone in Italy could be wearing a Minoru Jacket, on complete opposite sides of the world. And all of us in North America in [...]

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