This isn’t a traditional blog post from me today, although there is plenty of blogging that I could be doing on various makes that I have sewed over the last couple of months! What with the busy Christmas period and being really busy with my workshops, my blog posts have been a little lacking […]
How to take accurate body measurements
The first step when you are planning to sew a garment for yourself (or someone else) is to take accurate body measurements. Without these essential measurements it is impossible to establish what size pattern to select and therefore ultimately achieve a great fit. You cannot assume that you will be the same size as what […]
Simple Sew Shannon nautical jersey dress hack
I love my jersey clothes soooo much – they are so much more comfortable than woven fabrics (which definitely have their role to play too in my wardrobe nevertheless!). For the Summer I had visions of a jersey maxi dress that would be easy to throw on, cool in the heat and really comfy to […]
By Hand London Anna Dress
Last year for my birthday I was given 2 metres of beautiful fabric by my best buddy (she knows me well!!) and it has taken me until now to find the right pattern for it. I had a few contenders but finally settled upon the By Hand London Anna dress. I had seen some beautiful […]
Upcoming All About The Sew workshops
I have seriously neglected my blog recently – I’ve been so busy with planning and delivering workshops that I have had very little time to sew for myself let along then blog about it!! The primary focus of the blog has always been to review things that I have made for myself – an opportunity […]
Grainline Studio Morris Blazer
The Grainline Studio Morris Blazer has been on my wish list to sew for a while. It also happened to be a work-in-progress project for quite a while too! And when I eventually finished it, it took me a long time to find the time to take some photos of it and blog about it. I mean […]
Sewing with sequins – a very sparkly Christmas!
‘Twas the season to be sparkly… Now that the Christmas deccies have come down and stored away for another year, I thought I would look back at some of my Christmas makes – most of which involved SEQUINS- making not only the outfits very sparkly but actually most of our house! Cut sequins go EVERYWHERE!! My first experience […]
Tilly and the Buttons Coco Dress
Well it’s been a while since I posted on the blog – the last several weeks have been rather busy since I launched the business at the end of September. It has been busy which is fantastic but the opportunities to do some selfish sewing have been few and far between! I managed to finish […]
Love Sewing Ruby dress – lots of swirling opportunities!!
The Love Sewing Ruby dress was a free pattern with issue 4 of the magazine and has been one of it’s most popular patterns. It is one of the Simple sew pattern ranges. I believe it became out of stock the first time as it was that popular. I remember seeing lots of versions being posted on […]
Simplicity 8014 – A cracking denim shirt dress
I love the cover picture on the pattern envelope of Simplicity 8014 – it definitely sold the pattern for me and I was very excited about making it. I went to one of the NEC Sewing shows earlier in the year and took the pattern along with me on a mission to find some denim to […]