To sew a new item of clothing each month
This super cute kids pattern features little rabbit or bear ears, it can be lined/unlined, with hood/no hood, short/long. It's a really versatile pattern but I decided to change it even more and turn it into a hoodie! Here's what I did: 1. The fabric I had some of this gorgeous thick loopback cotton jersey … Continue reading Grand’ourse hoodie
In Tilly's Make It Simple book, she has a pattern for a cardigan which is called the Bertha. It's a slouchy raglan cardigan design, and it has dramatic batwing style sleeves. As soon as I saw it I thought "I need to make that!", and so that is what I did. 1. The fabric I … Continue reading Bertha cardigan
About ten years ago I bought some camping chairs and they have had a lot of use, but when I got them out of the shed earlier on this year I noticed that the plastic fabric had become completely degraded and it was literally crumbling to pieces. The metal frame was still good and so … Continue reading Camping chair revamp
It's my niece's birthday coming up and with all the hot weather I thought it would be a good time to make her a few summer outfits. So I made this Stella blouse which is from Ikatee patterns. I've had lots of success with Ikatee patterns so I had high hopes, and I was not … Continue reading Stella blouse
I made a few face masks/coverings for my immediate family at the start of the outbreak, but I had been too busy with work to make more. Here in the UK it is going to be mandatory to wear a face covering in shops as of tomorrow and I am currently having a short staycation/holiday … Continue reading Face coverings/masks
This was a perfect, quick happy sewing project to use up my scraps! It's a pattern from the Merchant & Mills Sewing Book and it's a Hussif (fancy name for a travel sewing kit). Here's how I made it. 1. The fabric For this I used up my left over purple linen chambray (from making … Continue reading Hussif
I wanted my first item of clothing to be something quite simple that I couldn't get too wrong. Of the patterns in the Merchant and Mills book, the Saltmarsh Skirt looked the least intimidating. The fabric: I didn't want to waste fancy fabric on my first sewing attempt, so I decided to use the same … Continue reading Saltmarsh Skirt
The sewing resolution 