Sewing Inspiration

Welcome back for Day 3 of Wedding Week here at Peony Patterns!Our week continues with more beautiful creations that will inspire you to create something extra special for your next important event. Be sure to join our Facebook Group to see even more pictures from this incredible collection! And don't forget to take advantage of our pattern sale - get 30% off until May 15th! Ashley Burum Culbertson (Patterns used: Dahlia, Myrtle, Marigold)What is a wedding without something blue?Ashley was inspired by The Sound of Music for these two beautiful dresses - "Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes". For her first dress, she used our Dahlia dress...

Welcome back for day 2 of Wedding Week here at Peony Patterns! This is one of our favourite weeks of the year as we see our team of sewists create the most dreamy DIY wedding inspired dresses and sets. If you missed yesterday, be sure to catch up with our Day 1 wedding looks over here.  Be sure to join our Facebook Group to see even more pictures from this incredible collection! And don't forget to take advantage of our pattern sale - get 30% off until May 15th! Kathryn Bailey (Patterns Used: Calliandra and Daisy)Kathryn really wanted to create a fairy tale wedding...

Welcome to day 1 of Wedding Week here at Peony Patterns! We are excited to bring you a second year of beautiful inspirational makes using our range of patterns, to help you create the special occasion dress of your dreams! Each day this week, we'll be sharing some amazing projects sewn up by our talented pattern testing team! Be sure to join our Facebook Group to see even more pictures of your favourite sews this week!Laura Hilton (Patterns Used: Jasmine and Poppy) Laura drew inspiration from this fresh soft yellow daisy print from Tulletastic to create a set of flower girl dresses with a...

Welcome back to the Peony Patterns' Costume Party! If you're just joining us, I'm Nat from Auschick Sews blog and I can't believe it's our final day already! We have another beautiful collection of Halloween, Book Week, Dress Up and Cosplay costumes for you today - this time featuring some of your very favourite storybook characters! If you missed yesterday's projects, check out our DIY Disney inspired costumes over here!  The Cat in the Hat No roundup of book characters could be complete without The Cat in the Hat! Annie Arana (@lunasnurseryperth) used Hyacinth with short sleeves, and added some width and length to the ties. If she made it again, she'd...

Welcome back to the Peony Patterns' Costume Party! I'm Nat from Auschick Sews blog and I can't believe it's Day 4 already! We have another beautiful collection of Halloween, Book Week, Dress Up and Cosplay costumes for you today - this time featuring Disney costumes that don't quite fit into the official "princess" category! If you missed yesterday's projects, check out our DIY Disney Princess costumes over here!  Encanto This Delores costume from Sara (@sarandipity_sews) is just so delightful! And can you spot Bruno, played by her dad, in the background? We love it so much!! Her daughter was so excited to see a character that looked...