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I had a vision to make this dress for my Christmas party but the fabric didn’t arrive on time (the lace was from an Etsy seller called Fashion Lace, shipping from China). I therefore went on a quick fabric trip to Goldhawk Road and ended up making the silver brocade Elisalex dress instead which you…
Before I got this fabric, I feel like I’d only seen similar things in designer shops and couldn’t believe the price as I got an off cut for a steal at £12 off eBay. Since I bought this fabric, I’ve seen it everywhere including on Gemma Collins falling down a hole at an awards ceremony.…
From what I've seen I think this year's Me Made May has been the best yet. It wasn't a challenge for me to wear me Made each day because I generally do. I have very few rtw clothes now. However the real challenge was not wearing my favourite items multiple times, which I always fall…
I know, I know, I’ve made a lot of Floras. I think the count is somewhere around 18. So I’m not going to bore you with the details of this sew, buuut these are self drafted straps so I’ll talk a little bit about those. When I bought this fabric in the Liberty sale I…
I know it's crazy but I've never properly looked around the fabric shops on Goldhawk Road, and I only live about 25 minutes away from there now I live in Battersea. The quest for this fabric was a long one which I won't bore you with but involved lots of delayed deliveries and an emergency…
I’ve been waiting to use this Rifle Paper co Menagerie fabric for quite some time and when I saw Elisalex from By Hand London’s full circle version of the Orsola, I knew it would be the perfect pattern in this Rayon Lawn. I also wanted to modify further and add short sleeves to make it…
This new season Liberty fabric is the one I tried hard to resist when buying the fabric for my plain Flora. Hopefully you can see why it was so irresistible; I love that the print is quite subtle leaving the colour to make an impact. I saw this dress as a wide strapped Flora when…
After experimenting with tie straps on the Flora recently (see previous version here) I wanted to do another version that was a bit more grown up with an origami vibe, think Cos, And Other Stories or Whistles. To do this I had to face my biggest challenge of going to Liberty and buying a PLAIN…
The majority of my wardrobe now is me made but I do have a couple of ready to wear dresses that I still love, one of them being this Topshop tie back dress that I bought off eBay some years ago. I love the fit of this dress, and the playfulness of the bow at…
By Hand London's Flora dress is my go-to Summer dress pattern; I think I have around 10 of them now. It's pretty easy to sew, the finish is great due to some clever lining techniques and it's really easy to adapt, particularly the straps. I've tried wide straps, double straps and thin straps so far…
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