To sew a new item of clothing each month
My niece is now old enough to start school, can you believe it? She started September last year, which is also when her birthday is and so I decided to make her a couple of dresses she could wear to school. I thought a couple of pinafore dresses would be a good choice, for easy … Continue reading Milano dress
I have had this glorious stretch cotton fabric in my stash for ages and I couldn't figure out what to make out of it. Trousers would be too flamboyant, I didn't have enough to make a jumpsuit and the pattern was too big for a top or jacket. In the end I decided to make … Continue reading Hacked Suki dress
At the start of this year, I was feeling a little unenthusiastic about my sewing. I realised that I needed a bit of help getting my sewing going again, and so I decided to subscribe to Seamwork. It is a website community which gives you access to over 200 sewing patterns, many of which also … Continue reading Rory top
In my mission to use up my scraps I've been plotting quite a few makes for my neice. Tiny people clothes are ideal for using scraps! Here's a dress I made her out of a lovely daisy double gauze... 1. The fabric A while ago I said I was going to make a Ceilo top … Continue reading Stella dress
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
When I first started sewing, I decided to make a Tailor's ham and sleeve roll from the Merchant & Mills Sewing book. At the time I wasn't entirely sure what a Tailor's ham was used for, but it looked like a simple and achievable sew, so I went for it. I later discovered that it's … Continue reading Tailor’s hams
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
I get the Sew Daily newsletter, and every now and then they do a free sew-along - I couldn't resist this one! It's a woven tank top, which is cropped and has princess seams, and it uses very little fabric so is perfect for scraps. I thought it would be a great summery top and … Continue reading Oso tank
This is a fairly old make, from March last year (pre-lockdown #1!), but I have not had the time to post about it, so I'm now going to rectify that. I made this because I was attending an awards ceremony in London to celebrate a friend's award and I needed something formal to wear. I … Continue reading Victoria Blazer
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