Staff Made
Staff Made Sparrow Roundup
21—January 2022
Have a look at the many Sparrow makes from our wonderful TFS team!
Sparrow is our most recent pattern release from our Make by TFS range and it has been a real staff favourite! The Sparrow consists of a Shirt and Shorts or Pants which you're able to purchase separately or together as a set, with many variations possible for personalising your own set. Ranked as an Advanced-Beginner project, a new sewist with some experience sewing collars and plackets should be able to tackle this project. This week on the blog we're excited to show you the many variations our TFS teams have made to give you an idea of the versatility of this pattern set, how they're styled and possible fabric combinations!
The Sparrow Set offers a modern alternative for lounge and everyday essentials, perfect for beginner sewists with just a little sewing experience! A dreamy balance of simplicity, clean lines and unrestrictive comfort, the Sparrow Set is perfect for wearing as sleepwear or daywear! Sparrow also makes a delightful match with our Make by TFS Lucie Robe, for ultimate luxurious loungewear vibes.
The Sparrow Shirt features a wide boxy cut with a relaxed shoulder, single front patch-pocket, turned down collar and ¾ popover button placket. The pattern also offers a sleeve length/shorten indication line, if you wish to customise. This pattern would be simple to hack into a dress too, by simply extending the hem!
The Sparrow Pant + Short features a wide straight fit through the leg, with a simple elasticated waist, drawstring, and in-seam pockets. The pattern also offers a shorts indication line, if you want to make a pair up for warmer weather.
This downloadable PDF pattern is supplied as an A4/US letter print-at-home version and an A0 copyshop version with an instruction booklet included.
Jess (left) from our Sydney team is in a full celery mood (literally) from head-to-toe in our Celery Vintage Finish Linen, with mask and hat to match! Alice from our Auckland team (right) made the Sparrow Pant in a dreamy deadstock linen rayon blend.
Left is a set made by Taylor from our Dunedin store sewn in our Vanilla Vintage Finish Linen, modifying the button placket by extending it right to the hem for a full opening. Kat (right) also from our Dunedin team is looking cosy in this set sewn in our Bone Bold Gingham Linen!
Bri (left) from our Sydney team and Alicia (right) from Melbourne both used our Organic Hemp fabrics in Kale and Buckwheat, both making for lovely comfortable gardening outfits!
Megan from our Sydney team wears her Sparrow set sewn in Bone Bold Gingham Linen, look at that cute button choice!
Check Linen for the win!
Carli from our Brisbane team used our Buffalo Check Linen for the set on the left while Bianca (right), from our Online Store team opted for our deadstock Hazy Herringbone Cotton Check.
Kate from our Brisbane team made the Sparrow Shirt using a deadstock black silk-cotton blend, lush! Also in a classic black, Julie from Adelaide made the Shirt using a deadstock linen.
Sonya from our Brisbane store used our Black Meadow Buttercup Cotton Rayon to make the Sparrow Shorts on the left. Kristen from our Wellington team made the Pant version using a midweight deadstock cotton for a casual everyday pant option.
Liz from our Brisbane team made this set above sewn in our Olive Vintage Finish Linen, finishing the shirt with our 15mm Dark Recycled Paper Buttons!
Matchy-matchy! Annabelle (left) from our Wellington team chose Maple Vintage Finish Linen for this matching set and Steph (right) from our HQ team made her set in our deadstock Chocolate Cotton Shirting.
Both luxurious silk satin Sparrows Fiona (left) from our HQ team and Charlottes set (right) must feel so divine to wear! Both sewn in deadstock silk satin styles.
Alyssa (left) and Jade (right) from our Auckland and Christchurch teams also used silk for their Sparrow makes, sewn in deadstock crepe de chine colours and french seams for a high-quality finish!
This cute green set on the left is made by Kimberley from our Wellington team using a deadstock mini check linen cotton blend. Lily from our Christchurch team made this amazing colour-blocked version using two different silk blends!
Auckland team ladies, Zoe (left) used our Olive Gingham Linen for this set while Eva (right) opted for mismatched fabric giving that casual daywear feel in this vibrant-looking set, sewn in a striped cotton shirting and a deadstock heavyweight linen blend.
Above, Tracy (left) from Adelaide used our deadstock Matcha Latte - Soft Cotton Herringbone for her Sparrow Pants and Rhiannon from our Christchurch team used a deadstock silk cotton blend for a matching set!
Amy from our Online Store team made this cute set below sewn in our Crema Micro Gingham Cotton Shirting!
Share your Sparrow snaps with us by using the #MakebyTFS and #TFSSparrow hashtags over on Instagram, we'd love to see them!
Need help sewing your Sparrow Pant + Short? Follow our Sparrow Shirt Sew-Along here and Short Sew-Along here.
Any questions? Let us know by emailing our patterns team via patterns@thefabricstore.co.nz