My Wardrobe

23 Jun

Body positivity, Calder Pants & Shorts, Cashmerette Patterns, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Trousers

Rethinking your old style “rules”, or, how I learned to love a tuck!

June 23, 2020

October 23, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
calder pants, plus size styling, styling
18 comments

I had a really interesting chat with my Mum and with the lovely Cashmerette community on Instagram recently all about evolving your style and challenging your "rules" for what your body shape can or...

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
11 comments

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...

03 Apr

Cashmerette Patterns, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Skirts, Tutorials, Upton Dress

How to transform the Upton Dress into an Upton Skirt

April 3, 2017

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
downloadable tutorial, free tutorial, upton dress, Upton Skirt
19 comments

Updated 1.1.2021: You can now make Upton Skirts in a variety of lengths using the contoured waistband included in the Upton Dress & Skirt plus Mix & Match Expansion Pack--no pattern hacking necessary! Hey, chaps...

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...

02 Jan

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

Bringing in the new year with a Concord Tunic

January 2, 2017

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
Concord T-Shirt, concord tunic, Japan, japanese fabric, waffle knit
16 comments

Happy New Year, funsters! And what better way to kick it off with one of my most-worn garments from late 2015: my Concord T-Shirt Tunic hack. My steely determination to mostly wear tunics and leggings...

19 Dec

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

Holidays On Trend: A Velvet Upton Dress

December 19, 2016

October 16, 2025
Posted by Jenny Rushmore
cashmerette upton dress, holiday, plus size, upton dress, velvet
27 comments

I'm not a huge one for trends (no asymmetric hemlines or culottes for me, thanks!) but even I couldn't help but notice the surge in velvet recently. I've been totally inspired by all the...

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