CocoWawa Crafts

Loooove so much this gorgeous version of the made by the lovely Emma 😍 She used a flowery viscose perfect for warm Summer weather! 😎✂️🪡

Plum is one of CocoWawa best-selling patterns. It is easy to fit, it has pockets! and you can make a version for each season depending on the fabric and the sleeve length options 💪 It also comes in two size ranges up to a 156cm / 63" hip.

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/plum-dress-pdf-sewing-pattern

Such a beautiful version of the made by the lovely and talented maker Sue 😍 She added a strip of sashing in the middle and it looks amazing 🙌

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/broken-circles-quilt-pdf-sewing-pattern

Have you ever tried quilting? 🙋🏻‍♀️🪡✂️

Wanna make this cute quilted tote bag? Head to the blog to know how! ✂️🧵🪡⤴️💪

*All fabrics are leftovers from Ruby Star Society fabrics I used on other projects ☺️🙌

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/blogs/tutorials/tutorial-easy-quilted-tote-bag

🍁🌰🍂 As an Autumn lover, this is one of my favourite seasons to sew garments for 🥹

If you are looking for some inspo from fellow makers, take a look at these super cute versions of different 💪✂️🪡

I am wearing a gabardine
Lovely in her
Louise wearing a corduroy lunares in her beautiful
stunning

Are you planning Autumn makes already?

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/collections/sewing-patterns

Look at this amazing made by the lovely Sheila! She managed to make two garments in one: sometimes she wears it as a dress, other times, as a cardigan 🤩

Pumpkin is a great design to practice sewing with jersey. You can make the dress version or the cardigan, or both! and the pattern comes with lots of tips and detailed instructions to help you along the way ✂️

If you are already planning Autumn makes, Pumpkin could definitely be the one! 🍂

Find the pattern here: https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/pumpkin-cardigan-pattern-and-dress-pdf-sewing-pattern

Do you base the number of garments you sew, jumpers you knit or pieces you embroider on what you actually need and want for you? Or do you base them on a need to share more and new makes on social media to get new followers and those precious likes?

It is pretty obvious at this stage of the social media game that the number of followers and the hearts you get with each post mean a lot to many (and I am raising my hand here). We post a picture of a beautiful dress we have just finished and wait, even if we don’t want to admit it to ourselves, to see the reaction of our followers. If the picture doesn’t get as many hearts (or likes) as we expect or comments praising our dress, we feel disappointed and even, a bit sad.

“But I put a lot of effort in the pictures”, "and I finished it on time (so that you don’t think I am not a productive crafter)”, “and I spent a lot of money on this fabric (because it is trending now) and I am not getting the response I want". And on and on and on… (Again, I am all of the above).

Then, the cycle starts again. “Ok, I will buy more fabric and I will make another dress (even if I don’t need it, can afford it or actually want to) and this time people will give me all their hearts, and they will reshare my post and I will get more followers and….”, maybe find everlasting happiness? Because I have done all of the above and haven’t found it (not there), and what’s more, it has made me feel pretty miserable and anxious.

And of course, receiving a compliment is nice or producing a high number of garments (or whatever your craft is) because it makes YOU happy is great. But when we get caught-up in the social media game of it all, that’s just a fruitless battle where the main losers are your bank account and, most importantly, your self-esteem.

Because the companies behind the social media apps are just there for the money, plain and simple, and they don't care how their aggressive marketing strategies and twisted algorithms affect your mental health or push you to compare yourself to others. Because, for them, if you feel that way, that's on you.

Let's not let them take our joy for crafting away.

Thank for reading,
Ana
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I am completely IN LOVE with this version of the made by the lovely Alice🥹😍 She used a floral viscose and of course, beautiful Pigeonwishes buttons for the back 🙌

Plum is a great project for beginner makers. They will learn how to finish a neckline with bias tape, add inseam pockets or create a button placket 💪

The Plum Dress is available in the shop as a digital PDF downloadable pattern (with copy-shop options) and in two size ranges up to a 156cm / 63" hip 🪡✂️🧵😃

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/plum-dress-pdf-sewing-pattern

Sewist Carol has made 3?! 🫨 gorgeous Nutmeg Jackets like this last beautiful quilted version. She used vintage curtains (hello 😏💪) and! added the cutest little ruffle for her patch pockets (which I might steal for a version of my own!) ✂️🧵🪡

The Nutmeg Trench and Jacket is one of CocoWawa's best-selling patterns and it comes in two size ranges up to a 156cm / 63" hip 🙌

There's a tutorial on Youtube to help you out and! a whole quiltsew-along on the blog for you to make a quilted version of Nutmeg 🥳

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/nutmeg-trench-and-jacket-pdf-sewing-pattern

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/blogs/quilt-alongs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ1kqYw3gRE

Have you ever tried shirring? There is a new post on my blog full of tips on how to do the shirring technique without much sweat (or blood, or tears 😅).

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/blogs/sewing-techniques/tutorial-shirring-technique

The sweet, kind and super talented maker Sewlike is one of the last CocoWawa's blog collab guests! 🥳 Romy hacked the popular adding a wide collar and the result is perfection 🥹😍🤩

She used a gorgeous Indian print from Fluid plus Drape and cute flower buttons. Head to the blog to know more!

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/blogs/makers-hacks/romys-honeycomb-dress-hack

Happy Monday everyone! I am back here to share with you a post I wrote about how to achieve a perfect pressing technique when quilting 😀

You can find this and more interesting posts on the 'Learn to Quilt' section on the CocoWawa blog: https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/blogs/learn-to-quilt/quilting-pressing-tips

Hey, hey everyone! Long time no see 👋 I am back from my social media break to share with you this FREE! Mini Quilt pattern perfect for beginners wanting to learn how to quilt 😃💪

The quilt measures 22 1/2" x 22 1/2" and it features the super popular HSTs or Half-Square Triangles as main blocks. With this project you will learn:

🔺To piece and square up blocks, nest seams and how to press.

🔺To create the 'quilt sandwich' basting top, wadding and backing together.

🔺To quilt using a simple design and a walking foot.

🔺Last, you will learn basic quilting terms and techniques as well as best tools to use.

To get a copy of the Mini Quilt pattern you just need to subscribe to the CocoWawa newsletter and you will also receive cheeky discount 👛! https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/pages/free-quilt-pattern?ose=false

Happy quilting everyone! ✂️🪡🌈

Hi everyone! I am writing this post to let you know that I will be taking a social media / newsletter break till at least the beginning of July. There are different reasons for this but the main one is that we are moving countries at the end of next month so I need to focus on that 🙂

The online shop will stay open though, so you can still access all the patterns 💪 If you encounter any issues or if you have any questions you can of course send me an email as I will still be working behind-the-scenes 👩‍💻🤗

Last, I wanted to say a huge thank you for your orders this month since I shared the discount. They have been a great help and have also encouraged me to keep going. Thank you also for your messages, comments and for being there supporting me and CocoWawa 🥹😍♥️

See you soon!
Ana
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The lovely Tamlyn has made the most gorgeous Summery in this super vibrant tie dye seersucker 🤩🥰

Plum is an easy-to-sew and fit dress, perfect for beginner dressmakers wanting to learn how to do a button placket, create ruffles, add inseam pockets or finish a neckline with bias binding 👩‍🏫

The pattern is available in two size ranges up to a 156cm / 63" hip 💪🪡✂️

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/plum-dress-pdf-sewing-pattern

This is an absolutely stunning version of the made by the lovely Sherizad🥹😍

She used a navy floral charmeuse silk satin fabric and hacked the bodice adding two sets of blue satin ruffles at the princess seams 🤩 Sherizad also altered the skirt to make it more flowy 🙌

Honeycomg is one of CocoWawa's best-selling patterns. It comes in two size ranges up to a 156cm / 63" hip and you can make the dress and he shirt version with a cute peplum 🥳

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/honeycomb-shirt-and-dress-pdf-sewing-pattern

Make a super easy quilted cushion using the pattern 😀

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/blogs/tutorials/beginners-quilted-cushion-tutorial-part-2

Super maker Joyce has made this gorgeous hacked with a double! ruffle on the sleeves and bow at the back 🤗 She also embroidered cute cherries at the bodice and front patch pockets 😍🍒

You can read more about her project on the blog! 🤩🪡✂️💪).

*The Plum Dress is one of our best-selling patterns, easy to fit and available in two size ranges up to a 156cm / 63" hip 🙌

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/blogs/makers-hacks/joyces-hacked-plum-dress

The lovely and talented maker has made this gorgeous version of the and wow! 😍 I am absolutely in love 🥹

Sheila used a very original silky cotton lawn fabric and played with a different styling by adding a handmade Obi belt. Both versions look beautiful! 🤗✂️🪡

You can find the Lily pattern in the shop; it comes with a blouse and a dress version 💪 https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/lily-dress-and-blouse-pdf-sewing-pattern

Use discount code CWSPRINGSEWING30 on check out to get a 30% off on all dressmaking and quilting patterns until the 19th of May midnight CET time! 🥳

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/collections/sewing-patterns
https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/collections/quilting-patterns

Have you seen my brand new pattern, the ? 🥹✨ (or is Facebook hiding everything I post as usual because I am the CEO at a multimillion international company and don't need any more exposure? 😑🤔😒)

📌 Kalei is perfect for beginners wanting to learn how to quilt 👩‍🎓

📌 The main two blocks are made out of Half-Square Triangles and normal squares 🔺◾

📌 The pattern comes in 5! sizes from Baby to King! 👶👑

📌 Find many posts on the blog with plenty of tips on how to start your quilting journey 👩‍💻✂️🪡 (search for the 'Learn to Quilt' section).

📌 Use discount code CWKALEIQUILT25 on check out to get a 25% off until Monday the 6th of May 🥳

*Samples were made with from Art Gallery Fabrics and the from ★ RUBY STAR SOCIETY ★. Not sponsored. I bought all the materials myself.

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/kaleidoscope-quilt-pdf-sewing-pattern

Make the brand new CocoWawa pattern, the 🤗 Perfect for beginner quilters and dressmakers wanting to learn how to quilt 💪

The pattern comes in 5 sizes, from Baby to King, a booklet with detailed instructions and drawings and lots and lots of helpful resources on the CocoWawa Blog 'Learn to Quilt' section🥳✂️

I will keep sharing more details about Kalei in the next few days!

This is the Pure Solids Throw Size version sample number 1 ✨🤩
*All fabrics are from Art Gallery Fabrics 💪✂️🪡

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/kaleidoscope-quilt-pdf-sewing-pattern

Lovely maker Sheila has made the cutest ! using a very interesting cotton lawn fabric. She added a red piping to the sailor collar and more red accents to the back seam, front button placket and sleeves 💪

It looks fantastic and the perfect blouse for the Spring and Summer months! 😍

You can also make yourself a Lily Blouse (or dress!) with our ready-to-download PDF pattern: https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/lily-dress-and-blouse-pdf-sewing-pattern

A cute quilted project is up on the blog for you to try!

https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/blogs/tutorials/tutorial-quilted-tulle-pouch

I am imperfect and my makes are as well, a mini essay

The traditional (and supposedly desirable) meaning behind the adjective PERFECT (and its variables) has haunted me since I was a little girl. “Be the perfect daughter”, “be the perfect sister”, “be the perfect student”, “be the perfect friend”, ‘be perfect, Ana”.

Now, as a 41-year-old woman who has called herself a ‘perfectionist’ one too many times at therapy sessions while dealing with chronic anxiety, I keep struggling with the concept of perfectionism and how I still try to apply it to every single aspect of my adult life and, of course, to all the things I make.

Have you ever caught yourself criticizing the hem of your new dress, the finishing of a quilt or how you have skipped a few stitches when knitting a jumper? Because I have and not only during those catastrophic projects where everything that could go wrong, goes wrong (hello, ‘forgot to add the seam allowance before cutting’ shirt), I can always find a flaw, big or small.

And I hate to admit that many times that flaw becomes the only thing that I see when wearing the garment. And I get sad, and frustrated, and I criticize myself for not being able to sew, knit or quilt to PERFECTION.

There’s that word again... And sometimes I wonder, what does it even mean that something or someone is perfect? Where does the line between perfect and imperfect lie? What constitutes, for example, that a handmade dress is perfect and another is not? It is when it looks ‘shop-bought’, when the seams have been finished with a serger, when the fit is… perfect?

Maybe we could deviate from the traditional meaning behind the word perfect, start showing our flaws more openly on social media (not only the perfect finished makes) and create our very own ‘this is what perfection means to me’.

Or we could at last embrace the fact that we, as humans, are not perfect, that we are, actually, IMPERFECT and so are our makes, and that’s ok because there’s beauty in IMPERFECTION. Or at least, this is what I try to tell myself every day ♥️

Ana

This is me, in colours 🥰 And you? Which is your colour palette? 💁 If you need some tips to find or create your own for your next dressmaking or quilting project, have a read ⤵️

🌈 Use photographs or pictures as inspiration. Gather ideas using Instagram or Pinterest.

🌈 Create paper or fabric swatch cards or order them from your favourite fabric store.

🌈 Draw your own colour wheel or buy one to better understand colour combinations.

🌈 Play with colour palette generator apps like Pantone or Coolors.

🌈 Explore mixing light and dark colours.

🌈 Practice with your fabric stash.

🌈 And last, keep it simple until you feel more confident with time 😄💪

Super talented sewist Leila is one of our latest guest makers to hack a pattern for the blog. She chose the and made it breast-feeding friendly 😍

She was inspired by the popular brand Ganni and went for a beautiful seersucker fabric from Fabric Godmother. She moved the back button placket to the front and added a big, frilly and super cute collar.

You can find all the info for her hack on the blog: https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/blogs/makers-hacks/marshmallow-hacked-dress

Lilac is one of my favourite colours, so when I saw Michelle's version of the I instantly fall in love! 😍

She used a twill fabric plus cotton for the bias binding and contrasting ruffle and it looks so cute 🥹

You can make your own version and choose between the two size ranges the pattern is available in: https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/nutmeg-trench-and-jacket-pdf-sewing-pattern

You can also make either the jacket or the trench version or both 🤩

One of our lovely customers, Tanya, has made this super cute and perfect-for-Spring in a gorgeous double gauze fabric from heysewsister.co.uk 😍

Plum is available in two size ranges up to a 156cm / 63'' hip and it is a great pattern to start your dressmaking journey. You will learn how to do gathers, sew a button placket, add bias binding to a neckline and sew inseam pockets!

Get the pattern here: https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/products/plum-dress-pdf-sewing-pattern

Are you in need of some Spring / Summer sewing inspiration? Take a look at all these beautiful versions of the CocoWawa patterns made by customers and testers! 🥰

Find all the patterns here: https://www.cocowawacrafts.com/collections/sewing-patterns

March's Make of the Month winner is the lovely Eleanor and her colourful version of the used by her super cute dog Cleo! 😍🥹

Eleanor made this sample as a tester and her version was just perfect. I am so happy to see that her dog is enjoying it for naps and relaxing times 🐶

You can take part in the challenge by sharing your version of a CocoWawa pattern old or new and using the hashtag 😊The prizes are a pattern of your choice and a virtual sewing or quilting class with me! 🥳

Thanks for taking part Eleanor and congratulations!