Literary Sewing Circle: A Project Round Up!

The deadline for sharing makes for this round of the Literary Sewing Circle (featuring Banyan Moon by Thao Thai) was last Friday, and so today I'm sharing a round-up of all the projects shared in various places online. I'd forgotten that the link-up process was complicated and so didn't work for adding our projects on the final LSC post. So here are the many items made, shared here today! 

I'll start with my own. I decided to make the Full Moon Bag by All Well Workshop, a free pattern with a subscription to their newsletter.  Full details of making this bag can be found on my original blog post - I made this with scraps and really enjoyed it. I was inspired by the title of our book, and by the folktale about Chu Cuoi.

Next up we have DT Sewing Stories, who was also inspired by Chu Cuoi - but she made a Remy Raglan by Sew House Seven, with her fabric as her inspiration. You can read all about this beautiful top on her blog post, which is full of details. 

Silverdell over at PatternReview joined in the fun by making a top from a Japanese sewing book, her second version - in a bright Kumquat colour, inspired by Ann's nickname for her baby. 

Sarah (@sew.focused) shared her project on Instagram. It's an upcycled cardigan, inspired by the descriptions of Ann and Huong both wearing different cardigans & sweaters, and by Minh's love of thrift stores.

And Jan also shared her project on IG, this time a red blouse with gold embroidered accents, recalling Ann's discovery of the red fabric shot through with gold peonies in the trunk in the attic. 

If you made a project but didn't quite finish it by deadline, please share a link in the comments - we'd all love to see it! Hope you've all enjoyed this round of the Literary Sewing Circle. Keep your eye out for the next round sometime in late Spring 2025.