I discovered One Thimble Digital Sewing Magazine a year and a half ago, through Misusu Patterns. Their Origami Sweater pattern was featured in Issue 18 and I just had to make one! I’ve been loving the magazine ever since.



A couple of months ago One Thimble Digital Sewing Magazine put out a call for sewists/bloggers to contribute to their Issue 22 (out tomorrow, 13th November) in the form of tutorials/hacks. I thought I’d give it a shot and applied, and here we are! Well, it would be more correct to say over there we are…

I was asked if I could write a tutorial about how to use the Made By Jack’s Mum Beep Beep Sweatshirt into a cardigan. I had made the Beep Beep Sweatshirt from Issue 19 for No.2’s 4th birthday a year and a half ago, so knowing the pattern I was only delighted to give it a go!

Fleece combined with French terry and jersey by Elvelyckan Design.
The tutorial talks through how to go about splitting the main front of the sweater, the neckband and the waistband and the adjustments needed to these parts to allow for buttons/snap closures to the front. I’m more than a little excited to have been able to contribute!!
This tutorial can be found in full here in Issue 22 of One Thimble Digital Magazine, but here are a few sneak peeks…

folded corner…

Pin the ribbing to the right side along the length of neckline, raw edges aligned. Pin the
centre point of the ribbing to the back centre neckline. Stretch the ribbing evenly along
the neckline pinning at the centre shoulder or at closer intervals if you like…


Beep Beep Cardi in pink French Terry & ribbing from Elvelyckan Design and yellow fleece from The Fabric Counter.
For the tutorial I made No.3’s Beep Beep Cardi in a Fleece and French Terry combo. It has gotten pretty chilly here in Dublin and having the fleece for the main body of the cardigan is great for a bit of added warmth.
As I say in the tutorial, unless pattern testing, I pretty much always size up for growing room and did so here. I love my children to get as long as possible out of the clothes I make. It’s a lot of work to make any item of clothing and at the rate they grow I’ll always go up a size, two sometimes!


And the dress?
Because, honestly, it is all about “my beautiful dress” for No. 3 these days!
When it was released I had bought Issue 21 of One Thimble and had a plan to make the Camden Dress for No.3. I love that oversized Dolmen style on her (noticing a theme here!) and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to make it to layer up under the cardigan.



A little side project…
I had ordered an embroidery book online a few weeks previous and one evening after I had the tutorial written I took it out for a browse. “Embroidered Botanicals” by Yumiko Higuchi is a gorgeous book and, although I was pretty wrecked, I couldn’t resist sitting down to give one of the featured patterns a go. I made “King of Pigeons” and was thrilled with the result. I knew straight away that it could make a lovely embellishment on an otherwise simple dress.

I added two big patch pockets to the front of the Camden Dress and a mini pocket on top of one – with the embroidery on it. I used the same fabric (luxury cotton from Stoff and Stil) for a bit of colour blocking to the back of the dress and used some lovely off-white buttons.

Can’t be leaving No.1 out…
No.2 had his Beep Beep from last year’s birthday, No.3 now had hers so of course No.1 couldn’t be left out…
I used the exact same method for his cardigan hack, (including the sizing up!) He was initially unsure about the idea of a cardigan but the softness of the fabrics won him over and it’s one of the few sweaters he reaches for when I tell him to go up and get a jumper “It’s freezing outside!!”, then the fight starts to get him to put on a coat too…



What next??
I announced here on my front page and over on Instagram & Facebook that I plan on releasing PDF Patterns of my appliqué designs. So that will be preoccupying most of my sewing for the next while to come. I’ve a few collaborations on the cards and can’t wait to tell you all more!
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