Today's make is a first for me. It had to happen sometime and this, it seems, is it; it's a Deer and Doe pattern that I don't love. I don't even like it very much. I should. I like the line drawings. I like the topstitching details. I like the big patch pockets and the... Continue Reading →
This is the point at which we move from virtual blog silence to holiday sewing overload. Apologies in advance to those who like their blog updates in a regular, evenly spaced stream: I'm afraid I just don't work like that! Today's update from sunny (33 degrees) Cyprus is, after all, the perfect summer top. You... Continue Reading →
I don't know about you, but it seems that every year now, I hit a stage of panic sewing around a month before my holidays. It always, always creeps up on me, together with the realisation that I cannot possibly complete my mental holiday wardrobe anything like in time. This week so far, in a... Continue Reading →
I don't know about you, but there are certain patterns that I want to make as soon as the sun starts coming out. I'm all about the fickle flitting from one new shiny thing to another, but there's a base layer of predictably under that. One of my favourite things to wear last summer were... Continue Reading →
Morning everyone! Today sees the publication of my latest Minerva Blogger Network post. I got some glorious magnolia print rayon from them with plans to make the Fumeterre skirt by Deer and Doe. This was partly because I'm a huge D&D fan girl (not dungeons and dragons, obvs!) and partly because I've seen loads of... Continue Reading →
Hi there! Sorry things have been quiet here for the last week, I was absolutely wiped out after last weekend's Sew Up North. I had the most amazing day, but found it utterly exhausting, both mentally and physically. I've mentioned before how hard I find meeting people; I don't think it's that uncommon amongst sewists,... Continue Reading →
Hi there! It seems a single shirt dress was just not enough for me; following last week's Butterick B6333 Goldfish dress, I have another shirt dress for you today. This one is this month's project for the Minerva Crafts Blogger Network; head on over there for the full details. Here it is in action in... Continue Reading →
Hi there! So how's it going with you? Are you settling in nicely to the summer sewing yet? It seems to have slightly crept up on me this year, but I think I'm in the swing of things now. I've mentioned previously that I've decided to take part in a few challenges this year. One... Continue Reading →
I made a skirt! I realise that isn't necessarily that unusual for some, but I really am not a skirt person by nature. Somehow they feel a bit odd sometimes? I'm never sure what to wear them with and I can feel quite frumpy. Anyway, this skirt was one of those times when you get... Continue Reading →
OK, I know; not much of a weekly review going on here, is there? What can I say, life happens. It's been a rough few weeks, in no small part due to the combined efforts of getting the biggest little one through the last week of term whilst being without a sewing machine to manage... Continue Reading →
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