I wrote this blog a month ago. In typical British style, May was a write off, weather wise, so I only got photos today. But life has continued in much the same vein! This week has been the latest in a string of tough weeks. We have all sorts of family stuff going on and... Continue Reading →
This is one of those projects which had been in the pipeline for quite some time. I purchased the fabric last year (I think!) from Fabric Godmother and it has been sitting in the utility room on the unironed fabric pile of doom since then. I bought the pattern in a sale forever ago. I... Continue Reading →
A little while ago now, Nina Lee released her latest pattern, the beautiful Park Lane dress and top. I was lucky enough to have tested this pattern and have since made two further versions, so I thought I'd share my thoughts. The Park Lane pattern includes both dress and top patterns which are subtly different... Continue Reading →
A few days ago, posts started appearing on my Instagram feed showing people catching up on their #makenine2019 progress. Oh yes, I thought, I signed up for that, didn't I? Oh well, bet I haven't done most things. So I started looking back through my finished makes and realised, somewhat to my surprise, that I... Continue Reading →
You may have noticed that I've been a tiny bit excited about issue 63 of Love Sewing magazine. It feels very surreal, but I was asked to write the reader review of the pattern gift, McCalls 6891. I should warn you at this point that this is quite a long post, so feel free to... Continue Reading →
I've been really excited to share this make on the blog. My make for Minerva Crafts this month is the Closet Case Patterns Fiona sundress in the dreamiest Robert Kaufman denim which was an absolute joy to work with. You can read all about the dress itself on the Minerva Crafts site now. But I... Continue Reading →
Hi there! Today sees the publication of a product review I did for Minerva Crafts a few months ago. I got the chance to try out a dress length Closet Case Patterns Kalle in THE most amazing rayon. I genuinely cannot say enough good things about this Art Gallery Fabrics rayon. Everything about it is... Continue Reading →
Hi there! Hope you're enjoying some sunshine where you are today? I'm doing a kind of double post this morning, to illustrate why you shouldn't always judge a pattern by its cover! As you may have noticed, I've been taking part in the Sew My Style challenge this year, which takes a different pattern each... Continue Reading →
Hi there! Slightly later than usual this month (due to my getting muddled!), my latest blog post for Minerva Crafts is now live. This month I was lucky enough to get some of this lovely, leaf print scuba to play with. I combined it with the Pauline Alice Aldaia dress to make what feels like... Continue Reading →
Hi all! How's your day going? I've just got back from an extremely civilised afternoon tea in York with a lovely bunch of sewists to celebrate A Little Lawn Party. The journey home was somewhat eventful (thank you to the wonderfully clear signs at York train station that had two of us getting on a... Continue Reading →
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