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15 Dec

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

Drink, anyone? Burgundy Appleton Dress

December 15, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• Appleton Dress, Appleton Dress Kit, burgundy, holidays
• 2 comments

Next up in my festive Cashmerette wardrobe: it's a burgundy Appleton Dress! (And if you want your own, you can pick it up as a kit here). As soon as I found this rich rayon...

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12 Dec

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

Polka dot overlay Turner Dress: fancy AND comfortable!

December 12, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• christmas dress, holiday dress, overlay dress, plus size, polka dots, sheer, turner dress
• 15 comments

You know how sometimes you try on a garment, and you think oh this is just so me? THIS IS SO ME! (And if it's so you, too, you can buy your own kit to...

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10 Nov

Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Tops, Washington Dress

Mixing it up! All-knit Washington Tunic

November 10, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• all-knit tunic, washington tunic
• 22 comments

As the weather's getting chillier, I've become obsessed with cosy comfortable clothes... and let's face it, there's not much that's more comfy than knit tunics and leggings. I have a suspicion it's going to...

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07 Nov

Dresses, Inspiration, Washington Dress

Classic Fall: Striped and Plaid Washington Dress

November 7, 2016

• April 30, 2026
• Posted by Carrie McGowan
• Cashmerette Patterns, dresses, plaid, stripes, Washington dress
• 8 comments

Hey all, it's Carrie here and we've entered my most favorite season in New England. I love fall; the temperature, the leaves, the activities, the plaid. Yes, I love a good plaid. Recently, while fabric...

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03 Oct

Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Pattern Hacks, Tutorials, Upton Dress

Prost! An Upton Dress dirndl hack for Oktoberfest

October 3, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• dirndl, upton dress, Upton hack
• 16 comments

Sometimes, you just have to make a dirndl. I confess, I'm not much of a dress-up, costume person. Maybe it's because I'm British, where Halloween is mostly the domain of sugared up 6 year olds...

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29 Aug

Cashmerette Patterns, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Skirts, Springfield Top, Tops

Summer in silk: Springfield Top & M6931 maxi skirt

August 29, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• M6931, maxi skirt, silk, Springfield Top, summer
• 6 comments

I don't know what it's like where you are, but this summer in Boston has been brutally hot. One day my car got to 38.5 degrees celsius.... oof! And when it's that warm, I...

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04 Jul

Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Plus Size Sewing, Skirts, Tutorials

My ultimate summer skirt: elastic back skirt tutorial

July 4, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• elastic back skirt, summer skirt, tutorial
• 45 comments

In the summer I just want to wear super-comfortable cotton skirts... but if you're anything like me, skirts with a waistband are just a bit pinchy when you sit down. Yep, I spread -...

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02 May

Cashmerette Patterns, Concord T-Shirt, Dresses, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, Pattern Hacks, Tutorials

Pattern Hack: How to make a Concord T-Shirt Dress

May 2, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• Concord T-Shirt Dress, hack t-shirt to dress, pattern hack
• 9 comments

Today I'm going to show you an incredibly quick hack for turning your Cashmerette Concord T-Shirt into a Concord T-Shirt Dress! I made my first one with fabulous Japanese Echino jacquard knit from Super...

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04 Apr

Accessories, Inspiration, My Wardrobe

On being a beginner; also, I made a hat!

April 4, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• beginner, knitting
• 23 comments

There's something thrilling about being a beginner. As a classic ENTP personality type I'm always looking for new things to do, but it's only recently that I realised that a big part of the...

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15 Feb

Accessories, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe

Wool & The Gang teach me to knit (sort of)

February 15, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• knitting, rushmore scarf, scarf, wool and the gang
• 56 comments

Ah, knitting. I never learned during my geeky adolescence (surprising, I know), but in recent years have been faced on a daily basis with incontrovertible proof that all the cool girls are doing it....

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08 Feb

Accessories, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Uncategorized

I made my own sandals! Woop!

February 8, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• massart, sandal making, sandals
• 22 comments

Welcome back to part two of making my own sandals! (need to catch up? Part 1 is here). So, once all the pieces were cut and dyed, it was on to construction, and losing whatever...

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18 Jan

Inspiration, My Wardrobe

DIY sandal-making adventures!

January 18, 2016

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• sandal making, shoe making
• 22 comments

My new year started with a totally new activity: sandal-making! I've been keen to branch out into other creative projects, as now I do *so* much sewing for Cashmerette Patterns during the day that I...

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