If you search #ogdencami on Instagram you’ll see close to 13,000 posts. That’s a huge amount in any sphere, but for a sewing pattern that seems crazy big numbers.

blouse, separates, Top, Review, CritiqueCharlotte Wensley7 October 2019ogden cami, camisole, summer, lovesummerhateeverythingelse, summer sewing, pattern repeat, sewing loves, sewing pattern, pattern hack, pattern love Comments

Can home garment sewing be a lucrative business?

I’ve started doing something I aways swore I’d never do. I’ve been making clothes for other people.

Bottoms, blouse, Self-drafted, separates, Skirt, TopCharlotte Wensley10 July 2019Separates, dress, Top, occasion wear, lace, silk, sewing for others, sewing for money, sewing for friends, self-drafted, mood fabrics Comments

Stylemaker Fabrics + Carolyn Pajamas + M7907 = Ace

Earlier this year, Michelle from Stylemaker Fabrics contacted me asking if I would like to be part of a blog tour.

A 90s nostalgia moment - The Evie Skirt

Oh the 90s. Back with a vengeance and causing me so many confused feelings.

Bottoms, separates, SkirtCharlotte Wensley3 February 2019Skirt, evie skirt, tessuti, Blackbird Fabrics, leopard print, the 90s, bias skirt, sewfrosting, simple sewing Comments

Persephone Pants x 2 ... and Mental Health Awareness

You may or may not be aware (or indeed care), that a significant amount of my sewing over the past couple of years

Bottoms, Trousers, Thinking, separates, denimCharlotte Wensley12 October 2018Trousers, kamm pants, persephone pants, anna allen clothing, cone mills denim, stretch denim, denim, wide leg pants, selvedge denim, fittin, mental health Comments

Paperbag Trousers

Does anyone else hear that phrase and start singing it to the tune of 'Paperback Writer' in their head?

Bottoms, separates, TrousersCharlotte Wensley10 May 2018trousers, pants, wide leg pants, linen, the fabric store, stripes, paperbag waist, mccalls 7726 Comments

Terra Pantastic!

I love love love LOVE these trousers.

Bottoms, separates, TrousersCharlotte Wensley27 April 2018Terra Pants, Pattern Fantastique, Pants, trousers, fitting, twill, Blackbird Fabrics, pattern love Comments

A Rachel Comey inspired top

Like many fellow stitchers, I'm a big fan of Rachel Comey. Not necessarily the Vogue Patterns edit

Self-drafted, separates, TopCharlotte Wensley14 April 2018Copycat, rachel comey, knit, peplum, Self-drafted, dolman sleeve, ruffles Comments

How good fit nearly broke me and other stories

Oh woe, oh woe. The last few months have been an unutterable fetid quagmire of sewing angst.

Wedding Season

I claim here and in other conversations that I only really got back into sewing three years ago.

Copycat, Skirt, Top, Sewing Saga, separates, BottomsCharlotte Wensley7 November 2016sewaholic, gabriola skirt, simplicity patterns, wedding wear, occasion wear, mood fabrics, pattern hack, Copycat Comments