Hi- I am Maree - a Mad Seamstress! ..and welcome to my new website and home of all things mad!  We are all a little mad around here. First off a little about me, if this is your first time popping in at a Mad Seamstress I love to sew and it my garments usually end up making some sort of statement. My husband says I am the queen of the one wear make. Either, that or he never wants me to wear it again. As it's so loud, stands out like a sore thumb and everyone remember it - so he suggest '... maybe something more casual..' very diplomatically. I have sewn all my life and love creating things th ..read more

My Dior inspired gown hasn’t quite gone to plan as I feel I have ended up with 80’s retro. I hate to say it, but I think my dress, is going to end up at the back of the wardrobe, never to see the light of day as I consider this.. a failure... ’A failure ? ‘ I hear you question. ‘Seriously?!’ Well... it hasn’t quite turned out as planned.. so it falls into the sewing failure pile.. I know.. anyone that struggles to sew on a button is always amazed at how someone else can knock up a fully lined dress with ease and can not understand why they would consider their latest make a sew ..read more

Welcome to my new adventure- ‘a Mad Seamstress!’ Which is an on line shop putting the ‘fab’ into fabulous fabric and I am also planning on share some of my mad makes that I hope inspire you to sew out of your comfort zone. I am a lover of bold colours, mad patterns and have been known to produce and buy the odd crazy outfit. As a child growing up in small country town Australia, my choice of style was a little ‘too out their’ for my family and the community that I lived in. How shall I put it.. well my style choice was always ... questioned.   The fact that I love to embrace the bold a ..read more