• Dressmaking, Interiors, Crafts •
When I first saw Tilly and the Buttons' new pattern, the Indigo dress, I thought it was lovely but not for me. The smock shape and lack of waist definition is something I haven't worn for years and I don't think it suits me at all. However, I was definitely seduced by the sleeves and…
After I made a yellow gingham hack of the By Hand London Flora and Eloise dresses, I really wanted to make another. When I was in Italy one of the owners of a restaurant we went to was wearing a lovely black gingham maxi dress with tie straps - it was pretty much a Flora…
I faced a lot of indecision with this dress - I knew I wanted it to be a Flora bodice and an Anna skirt, but I wasn't sure about the straps. Initially, I saw a dress in Whistles that I wanted to recreate, and it had a cross back. I completely rushed this in the…
I love the Kew Dress pattern by Nina Lee London and last year I made one in blue linen. When I saw this beautiful naturally dyed linen from Sister Mintaka, I knew that it needed to be a Kew, but I wanted to add some frilly sleeves. Since the linen is quite thick, I didn't…
I bought this yellow gingham on a bit of a whim at New Craft House - I went there in person for their new studio open day and got to stoke all the fabrics, I loved this one as soon as I saw it - it feels like a really high quality cotton - and…
I bought this cotton seersucker from the New Craft House Christmas party. I don't normally buy fabrics out of season but this one jumped out at me and I was imagining a summery Anna dress or another Flora. However seeing so many other lovely versions, I settled on a Tilly and the Buttons Seren dress.…
For Glastonbury I wanted to make a couple of dresses and a bum bag. I know it might seem a bit crazy and unsustainable to make clothes for a festival, but two things you should know about me 1. I'm really clean and tidy so even at a festival I wouldn't mess up my clothes…
