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I’ve always wanted a Liberty robe. I made a couple of PJs bottoms early on in my sewing and I wear them to death - I’ve had to mend the crotch about 100 times. When the fabric arrived though I just wanted to make a dress which is what usually happens, and why I have…
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 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…
One of the most exciting things that's happened in my sewing journey was when I went to meet Anna Rifle Bond in Liberty where she was doing a signing. To be honest I felt kind of silly, queuing up to tell her how much of a creative idol she is to me and asking for…
Continue reading ➞ [Gifted fabric] Rifle Paper Co Anna/Flora/Kew hack
This is my first ever Ogden cami and I see what all of the fuss is about. It's such a simple but effective pattern and especially in this Liberty silk satin it looks quite special, and could be dressed up or down. It's also secret pyjamas because it's such comfy fabric and nice and loose…
When in Liberty I regularly stroke the silk satins, dreaming of floaty dresses and luxurious pjs. Obviously it’s pretty pricey unless you’re able to get a remnant in the sale but I found this silk satin ‘Juniper’ at Shaukat for £25 per metre and thought I could squeeze a Vampire’s Wife/ Reformation inspired midi dress…
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…
My friend Sarah recently had a little boy called Alfie and when I heard he was due, I knew I had to make something with Liberty's Queue for the Zoo print that I have had in my stash for so long. I decided on these oh so cute baby dungarees from Puperita on Etsy. Puperita has…
I was quite late on the Emery dress bandwagon but once I caught up, I wanted to make infinite Emerys a la A Million Dresses. You can see how versatile this pattern is from that one Instagram feed! The pattern can be made with a Peter Pan collar, with or without sleeves - long or…
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