Dresses

03 Apr

Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Sloper School

The Magic of a Well-Fitting Sloper: Recreating My Favourite Dress in No Time

April 3, 2025

October 16, 2025
Posted by Ayelet
cashmerette wyman, sloper school, wyman dress sloper, wyman sloper
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I used my sloper to recreate my favorite dress—and it was super easy! Here's how I did it. We've all been there: special occasion looming, closet full of clothes but "nothing to wear," and the...

07 Jul

Cashmerette Club, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe

A Franconia in Sicily

July 7, 2023

October 16, 2025
Posted by Ayelet
Cashmerette Club, cashmerette franconia, franconia dress
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Well hello there! Yes, it's me, just chilling on a quirkily-painted staircase in Sicily, as you do! Recently I had the great fortune to have a mini-break in Taormina—and if you've watched White Lotus Season...

04 Jan

Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Upton Dress, Upton Dress Sleeves

A tale of two Uptons (Upton Dress Expansion Packs, that is!)

January 4, 2021

October 16, 2025
Posted by Ayelet
upton dress, upton dress & skirt, Upton Dress Princess Seams, Upton Dress Sleeves, upton expansion pack
10 comments

Well WOWEE what a start to 2021! I had an inkling that the new Upton Dress & Skirt Mix and Match Expansion Pack might be popular, but I didn't think it would turn out...

31 Jul

Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, Pembroke Dress and Tunic

Jenny’s Nursing-Friendly Pembroke

July 31, 2020

October 16, 2025
Posted by Ayelet
nursing, nursing expansion, Pembroke Dress
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If having a baby isn't an excuse to wear a dress with a giant rabbit on your boob and a rainbow on your bum, I don't know what is. Introducing my amazingly bonkers Cashmerette Pembroke...

27 Feb

Alcott Dress, Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe

An everyday Alcott Dress for the busy Mum lifestyle

February 27, 2020

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
alcott, alcott dress, maternity sewing, my wardrobe
40 comments

What's this? I'm writing a blog post?? About a dress I actually made??? For myself ?!! Will wonders never cease. In fact, there is a very specific reason for this change in events, which is...

06 Feb

Appleton Dress, Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Wrap dresses

Instant gratification: a Sprout Cashmerette Appleton Dress

February 6, 2018

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
Appleton Dress, Custom Fabric, Sprout Patterns, wrap dress
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I don't know about you, but I often have specific sewing moods. On some days, I want to work slowly and meticulously on a detail and get it just right. Other days, I don't...

26 Oct

Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Rivermont Dress & Top

A casual Rivermont Dress in London

October 26, 2017

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
plus size sewing, plus size sewing pattern, Ponte Dress Sewing Pattern, Rivermont Dress
16 comments

Thanks so much for your enthusiastic response to the release of the Cashmerette Rivermont Dress & Top sewing pattern! It's been one of our biggest launches to date, so I can tell you're as psyched...

02 Oct

Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Upton Dress

Not quite a Disney princess Upton Dress

October 2, 2017

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
convert darts to princess seams, upton dress, Upton Dress Princess Seams
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Ah, princess seams! The closest I ever come to princesses, unless you count having memorized pretty much all the words to most Disney musicals (current fave: Moana, technically not a princess, I know). A...

06 Mar

Cashmerette Patterns, Concord T-Shirt, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe

Another Concord tunic: the bread & butter of sewing

March 6, 2017

Is there anything more comfortable than a ponte tunic? Methinks not. I recently found this amazing doubleknit at Emma One Sock (get it here!), which is black with tiny little dots on one side, and stripes...

27 Feb

Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe

The jury is out: StyleArc Adeline dress

February 27, 2017

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
curvy sewing, plus size, sack dress, StyleArc Adeline
84 comments

For a long time, I've made my rejection of sack dresses well known. Heck, I even founded a sewing pattern company in opposition to the idea of sack dresses being the only things available...

23 Feb

Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Sprout Patterns, Turner Dress

Sprouts are good for you! Sprout Patterns Turner Dress

February 23, 2017

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
Spoonflower, Sprout Patterns, turner dress
2 comments

One of the things I like most about sewing is the creative potential. If you can think of it, you can make it! Compare that to Ready to Wear clothing... ugh. I remember a...

16 Jan

Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Turner Dress

A couple of Turner Dresses in the sun

January 16, 2017

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
April Rhodes, Art Gallery Knits, turner dress
2 comments

It's funny: product development takes so long, that I'm often wearing the next Cashmerette Pattern months and months before it's launched! The main challenge is keeping them off Instagram (although the eagle-eyed among you...

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