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When I bought this fabric from Fabric Godmother I didn’t have a solid plan of what I would make, just that I wanted to use the By Hand London Hannah sleeves. I bought 2.5 metres and there was pretty much zero waste. I would have liked to make a waist tie so in hindsight maybe…
This was one of those ideas so clever that I was immediately inspired and so easy that I thought, why have I never thought to do this?! Thanks to Vicky @Sewstainability for thinking of this and Joy from Pink Coat Club for drawing my attention to it. So I’m taking a look at the clothes…
I made quite a few Deer and Doe Magnolia dresses towards the end of last year and found myself wanting to wear them all the time but obviously a high leg slit isn’t necessarily appropriate for every day. I wanted to make something with the same 1970s appeal but a little bit more casual. I…
I was given the honour/huge stress of making the bridesmaids dresses for my brother’s wedding. It was mainly self inflicted; I very rarely make clothes for other people mainly because I find the fitting a bit nerve wracking however after my bodice fitting Masterclass with By Hand London, I felt a little, no a lot,…
Continue reading ➞ Wedding Sewing Part 1: Bridesmaids Dresses
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 Ex-Designer fabric from the Fabric Godmother pop up at New Craft House over a year ago and I've sat on it for a while, not knowing what pattern would do it justice. I was initially imagining an Anna dress - although I wasn't enthused about doing all the pattern matching for the…
I was excited about Me Made May this year mainly because I love seeing everyone’s outfits and discovering new sewists, but also because it’s the first year that it didn’t seem like a huge effort for me since I’ve got quite a vast handmade wardrobe now. Aside from a couple of jackets, one or two…
