To sew a new item of clothing each month
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
I sew on a vintage Singer treadle machine, it's a 66K and I absolutely love it. However, it was not designed to sew knits. So when sewing knits I use a stretch thread called Mettler Seraflock and it works well, provided there's not too much stretch required. After searching for a solution, I came across … Continue reading O’ wondrous overlock machine: the Rubylock
Through my sewing I am exploring what clothes flatter my shape, and I spent some time pondering before I settled on this pattern. It is the first pattern I have bought from By Hand London, and I couldn't find many examples of it online so it was a bit of a gamble. But I really … Continue reading Poppy dress
I've been looking at Spoonflower quite a bit recently (a print-your-own fabric company). See: http://www.spoonflower.com. It's a great idea, and I have two plans for what to make: Custom garment labels. Printing with Spoonflower is expensive, but labels are only small. I've calculated it'll be about. £10 for more than a years supply. Toddler T-shirt … Continue reading Spoonflower plans
The sewing resolution 