The Cool Toned Sewist

The Cool Toned Sewist I'm Cher! I'm a girl mum of 2 & I enjoy sewing and styling my wardrobe.

17/08/2026

Switching from a basic mechanical machine to a computerized model was hands down the biggest turning point in my sewing journey. It didn’t just make sewing faster, it made my finished garments look so much more professional!

Here are 5 game-changing features I could never live without now:
1️⃣Auto Needle Threading: no wasted time when changing thread colours.
2️⃣ Auto Needle Up/Down: Stopping with the needle down makes pivoting precise corners an absolute breeze.
3️⃣ Auto 1-Step Buttonholes: I mean if you’ve ever done it on a mechanical machine you know how frustrating it can be when it doesn’t work.
4️⃣ Auto Lock-Stitch: Locks seams seamlessly in place without the bulk of a manual backstitch.
5️⃣Speed Control: Being able to cap my speed for delicate topstitching gives me total confidence.
6️⃣ Push-Button Sewing: take out the foot pedal and just press the start button to go!

What type of machine are you currently sewing on? Mechanical or computerized? Tell me below! 👇

By far one of the best things I’ve taught myself to do! I don’t have as much time to sew my kids clothes but when they a...
12/08/2026

By far one of the best things I’ve taught myself to do!

I don’t have as much time to sew my kids clothes but when they ask I make it happen 🥰

These are just some of my sewing friends I’ve met IRL. Others I meet as Frocktails events and it’s always so nice to be surrounded by people who share your interests!

This was a slog. Studying while raising babies but I did it… and I got the dux too! Also made my dress and both of my girls dresses too!

First year teacher - it’s hard work but so rewarding. I also get to wear my sewing projects to school

Also a skill I’m so proud of! I still work weddings occasionally 🥰

This surprises most people- this is me.

The thing I have been looking forward to this year. I’m having to start from scratch though because of a foot injury.

Can’t wait to see SewForge 🔥 🧵 come to life!

✝️ made in his image 🥰

Say hello to my new Leopard print barrel leg pants 🐆Every time I browsed Drapers Fabrics I kept coming across their Kimb...
07/08/2026

Say hello to my new Leopard print barrel leg pants 🐆

Every time I browsed Drapers Fabrics I kept coming across their Kimberley Cotton poplin which is a cool toned leopard print! I couldn’t get it out of my mind because leopard print is usually far too yellow for my complexion! I reached out to them and they gifted me a few metres so I could bring this vision to life! I wanted a really versatile pair of pants that I would become a wardrobe staple and I am so pleased they have become just that!

I used the Candice Alviz Baker Barrel leg pattern! I originally was going to sew view B but I opted for view A because I was using a poplin. When I was packing up my pattern pieces afterwards I could only find the view B pattern piece for the back legs 😅 so could be a view A front and view B back 😂 anywho can’t tell!
I tried to use the size 4 rise line and hip width and extend the waist to a 12 but it ended up mostly resembling the size 12 piece so that adjustment didn’t quite work. After I had finished sewing them and attached the waistband I cut 3cm off the rise (probs won’t do that again even though it does work I think the extra space in the rise would have been fine). Next time I make them I’ll probably just stick to the original pattern pieces haha. It was a really good pattern to sew! I’ve never done flat felled seams and while time consuming it was worth the effort. They look great!

Styled with my Papercut Patterns rise and fall turtleneck sweater using Wattle Hill Fabrics melange jersey. Bared Footwear surfbird graphite grey flats

Check out my styling video to see how they function with other clothes in my wardrobe! 🥰

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