We firmly believe that anyone can sew anything with patience and perseverance, but sometimes it helps to understand how time-consuming or challenging a pattern will be to sew. Here's how we rate the difficulty of our patterns:
Beginner (⭑): Appropriate for a true beginner with simple style lines and details, quick to sew with no closures.
Confident Beginner (⭑⭑): Achievable for beginners who are willing to learn a new skill, may include more design features and techniques (ie. zippers, buttons, facings, etc). Relatively quick to sew.
Intermediate (⭑⭑⭑): More details and style lines, may include interesting details like a zipper fly or topstitching, projects can take 6+ hours to sew.
Advanced (⭑⭑⭑⭑): Still achievable for most sewists, but patterns will include more pieces and more details, and can take 8+ hours to sew.
Challenging(⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑): Complex, skill heavy projects like tailoring and bra-making. Again, achievable for most sewists but be prepared to spend 10+ hours on these types of projects.
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The Basalt Shirt is a unique spin on the classic button-up. Semi-fitted with elegant details, it strikes the perfect balance between the special and every day. Ending at high hip, Basalt features a spread collar and hidden button placket, and is shaped with dramatic release pleats in the back. The long sleeve is punctuated with a deep French cuff that closes with a button loop, and the hem is finished with a facing and a split at the side seams.
and I love it. It's soooooo soft, thin enough for underwear and thick enough for fall layering tops. It was easy to sew with, too! This is my ideal basic knit fabric.
This Lightweight Silky Poplin exudes quality. It is cool and smooth against your skin. It's easy to work with, and irons well. It worked very well for the button up shirt I used it for, but I could also see it used as a dress.
