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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bettine dress No. 2!
Well I knew as soon as I had made my first Bettine dress by Tilly and the Buttons that it would not be long before I made my second as I loved it so much. You can see and read about my first Bettine here. Not only is it a lot easier to make a […]
My kind of dress…Tilly and the Button’s Bettine.
After nearly a year since I sewed anything jersey, the onset of Autumn really brought a sense of a need to sew with jersey again! My 2 previous stretch projects were from Tilly and the Button’s Coco pattern – 1 top and 1 dress; both of which I love. The release of Tilly & the Button’s Agnes pattern […]
The Simplicity Blog meet up with star guest May Martin
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to attend the first Simplicity bloggers meet up held in London at the Good Housekeeping Institute Dining Room. Having seen the event advertised on Twitter, I jumped at the chance to meet May Martin, the highly experienced textile tutor and judge on the BBC series The Great British […]
1930’s Great British Sewing Bee Vintage blouse
As I wait for the opportunity to take some photos of a recent make I thought I would look back as this vintage blouse I made in November last year. It is the 1930s blouse from the second Great British Sewing Bee book, ‘Sew your own wardrobe’. I loved the look of this blouse when I saw […]
Simplicity Blogger Challenge – The results!
If you follow my blog you may well have read about my recent entry to this year’s Simplicity Star Sewist competition. If you know me quite well then you will have definitely heard about it – more than once!! If not, the initial background to the competition and preview of my make can be seen here and more […]