Tag: Cake Patterns

  • Optical Delusions 3 Piece Set

    No stripes were harmed in the making of this set, but if you are prone to seizures, you may want to avert your eyes before it is too late. I had bought this fabric with the intention of making it into a set with at least 3 pieces. My original plan was dress, skirt, jacket…

  • Hummingbird Meets Pavlova: More Like Frosted Animal Cookies Than Cake

              This is a Cake patterns mash-up ensemble. It’s the Hummingbird top with a Pavlova skirt. A really long Pavlova skirt. I added about ten inches to the length and cut the pieces on the fold so that it only has front/back seams instead of the usual four. This is one…

  • Cake Patterns Tiramisu: 2nd Edition

    I’m still working on my mystery project (which has me saying weirdly obvious things out loud, such as “wow, 9 yards is the same as 27 feet”, just because it took something like 5 hours to cut out the pieces from the 9 yards of fashion fabric), but with two muslins needed for someone who doesn’t live…

  • Cake Patterns Tiramisu (and Now I’m Hungry)

    This project has taken me months. That may be an exaggeration. As far as construction goes, it really didn’t take that long in actually working on it. As far as getting it started and finishing it up, that took much longer than it should have. Back when Cake Patterns were just getting started, I was…

  • The Pleather Pavlova

    I’ve found a new favorite pattern. The Pavlova top and skirt from Cake Patterns. Seriously, it’s as though Steph C. drafted it just for me. I joined in on the sew-along and took some quick pics with a self-timer to post into the Flicker group on the second to last day of the sew-along.  The sew-along…