Literary Sewing Circle: A Project Roundup

 
This round of the Literary Sewing Circle brought lots of fantastical, fun projects. The elements of the book inspired a lot of different ideas from a range of readers. Here are the ones that were shared for the roundup! 

Over on Instagram, longtime participant @conlon.jan decided to take the green slime that Howl creates in a temper as her inspiration and made a Seamwork Cosmo blouse! 

New reader @dolorousrattus used the colours of Howl's suit as her beginning and made a grey and scarlet sweater echoing his style, using the Kajo pattern from Named. 

Over on Threadloop, Sara has shared her Magic Pants, a pattern by Anne Tilley -- inspired by the atmosphere of magic in the book in general. 

And on PatternReview, a few members shared their projects too. SewLSC made McCalls 7975, referencing both Sophie's 'fine gray dress' and the twists of fate she faces throughout the book!

VivianZ made a flamboyant vest with a pattern from Cutting Line Designs, to reflect some of the wild flashes of colour from Howl's spells 

Litapita took her lead from Sophie's cutting up and restitching of Howl's suit, and cut up a shirt she'd made for her husband to make a new pair of pjs! 

Silverdell also thought about Sophie's habit of cutting up Howl's suits (particularly the blue and silver one) and made a colour-blocked top from a Japanese pattern book. 

And of course, my own - a Celeste Dress inspired by Calcifer. This perfect fabric has all the swirly colours of Calcifer's flames, a perfect match. 

This was a fun round of reading and sewing! Thanks to everyone for participating. (And if I've missed your project somehow, please let me know, I will add it) . 

Look for the next round of the Literary Sewing Circle in Spring 2026.