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 […]
A little update from me about All about the sew
For the benefit of my blog subscribers (hello to you all!) and to any new readers (hello and welcome!), I thought I would give you a little update about the changes you will see to my blog and website. This coming Autumn I will be launching my own sewing workshops in my local area of […]
Simplicity 2154 Pencil skirt – bring on the summer!
My latest creation is my final garment for a course that I have been doing since September last year. The course is a Level 1 NCFE in Creative Craft – Dressmaking which is aimed at beginners. Admittedly I did have experience in sewing and dressmaking before I started but I decided to do this course […]
Tilly and the Button’s Agnes Dress
Hey there lovely people! Wondering what have I got to share with you this time? Well it’s yet another Tilly and the Button’s pattern for me! I have lost count how many I have made now but i just love them so! This is a hack on the Agnes top to make it into a dress […]
Sewaholic Thurlow Shorts – what I have been looking for….
The vision was….a pair of tailored black shorts to wear with tights and boots and maybe some contrasting facings inside to jazz them up a bit. These would be worn during the day casually with flat knee length boots or perhaps on a night out with some ankle boots or heels. Well I eventually got there (hooray!) […]
My first knitted garment – The Rowan ‘Cookie’ cap sleeve top
Now I know my blog is called ‘Allaboutthesew’ but now and again I do indulge myself in some other crafting goodness including knitting. I started this top in the Autumn last year when the darker, colder nights were drawing in. There were times when snuggling on the sofa with some knitting was more appealing than getting […]