I proposed to my boyfriend. It wasn’t a leap year, he just deserved it. Nine months later, he proposed back with candles in my sewing room, kneeling next to my ironing board and pausing only when I leant to turn the iron off. But then we bought a house, we started drawing up plans for…
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I have been a long-time fan of button-up shirts because of their versatility: short sleeve, long sleeve, long sleeves rolled up halfway, no sleeves! And lately I’ve noticed half-placket tops floating around the virtual sewing community world, so I decided to try it out with the Bruna Shirt pattern. I love the idea of having…
Disco, baby! I love a good theme, I love the idea of making a birthday outfit, however, it couldn’t be just another birthday outfit. There is a concert benefit that I am going to that is disco themed. I knew that I wanted to use disco as inspiration for my birthday outfit. As challenging as…
I can’t begin to tell you how often I have looked at a piece of clothing and thought “that wasn’t made for me”, meaning – I knew instantly that it wouldn’t fit me, my body type, or lifestyle. But I guess that’s the thing with garments, right? We mostly wear items that fit those three…
When I sat down recently to make the Nico bias cut dress, I realized just how ironic it was that I was sewing with white linen: it was Labor Day. I, like everyone else, am familiar with the age-old rule that tells us not to wear white after Labor Day, but I wasn’t sure where…
Last year I decided to prepare for a launch of a children’s line of clothing and this little jacket was the first piece I designed. As a huge fan and loyal customer of Fabrics-store, I had so many scrap pieces of linen and I didn’t want to waste a bit. This Terra linen played a…
Exactly a year ago I posted my first Instagram video about anxiety. I was finishing a summer in Greece and I wanted to tell the truth behind the bright, happy pictures and my ‘super fun’ sewathon to get my capsule wardrobe ready. I hadn’t shown the sloppy insides of rushed makes or the struggle with…
Makes enough to coat fish for 6, plus extra for sandwiches the next day This is a quintessential Parsi fish dish, favoured at weddings and other special occasions – and for good reason. Imagine, if you will, a succulent chunk of firm, white fish, coated in a paste of ground coconut, fresh coriander leaves and…
I think most of have been on the hunt for the perfect pleated trousers…or at least it seems that way when scrolling my Instagram feed. There is an abundance of patterns out there right now and the fact is, pants are just hard. I am not going to lie, I’ve bought 3-4 (maybe more!) high…
Last summer, I had the incredible opportunity to take part in a weaving workshop, taught by Deborah Livingston-Lowe, of Upper Canada Weaving – a kind-hearted, and passionate weaver. This was my very first experience weaving. After my initial pass through the loom, I was hooked! My two times great-grandfather worked as a ‘tenter’ in Scotland….
Sewing, to me, is not just about creating a piece of clothing; it’s about telling a story, diving into a creative, dopamine head space, and ultimately sharing a piece of my personality with the world. I have always viewed “dressing” as an expression of self and sewing allows me to take that even further. My…
I used to have a jumpsuit in this lovely color and I really liked it but over time the seams wore out because it was pull-on over the hips with no zipper. A jumpsuit was actually one of my original designs for myself and my daughters when I started Ma Ma Osa so many years…
After living in the Southern part of the United States for the last six years, my husband and I packed up all of our belongings and drove over two-thousand miles across country to Portland, Oregon. To say this move was a long time coming is a bit of an understatement; we’d been looking for a…
I put the Charlie pattern on my list because it is a versatile little multi-season capsule wardrobe encompassed in one pattern collection! I’ve always wanted to experiment with a “me made” capsule wardrobe; so what better opportunity to try it out than one of the Fabric-Store pattern collections? Before ordering the pattern, I knew that…
Let’s share a little summer fun and talk about this refreshing shade of linen. Previously, I made a pair of comfy summer shorts for my daughter Anna in bright Raspberry that we paired with a Tangelo Linen Zina Button up. You can check out that post here on the blog as well. My girls and…
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