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I've made a couple of ties before in this colourway of Lodden and I knew I had to plan a dress in it but spent a long time deciding whether I wanted it for summer or winter. I opted for the Flora pattern by By Hand London which is my absolute favourite. I wanted some…
When I bought this wavy Liberty Fabric last year I thought it would be perfect for seaside wear. I chose to do the top version of Papercut Patterns' Moana because I thought the peplum together with the print creates really nice movement which is quite wave-like! The top was super easy to sew. The trickiest…
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 have made a few Emery dresses and Betty dresses so far but generally have stuck to Emerys in the Winter and Bettys in the Summer. I do love an Emery but for this fabric I wanted a more swooshy skirt and so used the Betty bodice and skirt with the Emery sleeves. I think…
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…
I have been meaning to make Tana Lawn pyjamas for a while as I couldn't imagine anything more luxurious and when I received an exciting delivery of Wild Flowers I knew it would be perfect for summer PJs. Being a one-directional pattern, this print is ideal as it runs perfectly down the front of the…
I am a little bit in love with Liberty's new print Wild Flowers and although I was a bit worried at first that the print would look a little too busy for a dress, I decided to give it a go with By Hand London's Flora pattern. The pattern is relatively easy to follow and…
I've been wanting to make my own 1950s style dress for a while and when I saw that Sew Over It had brought out their Betty dress pattern I knew I had to try it with Liberty fabric. The instructions are fairly easy to follow even for a beginner but they also now have a…
I have been extremely busy sewing, sticking and stamping over the past few weeks getting ready for Christmas markets! My next one is this Saturday 16th November at Rosslyn Hill Chapel in Hampstead and I will be selling Christmas cards, decorations, stocking fillers including new bracelet designs, buttons and badges, and gifts including tote bags…
I went to the Sewing and Knitting Show at Alexandra Palace a couple of weeks ago and picked up lots of supplies including the fabric haul below! I wanted to make something I hadn't made before and as it was my friend Rachel Lee's Birthday, and she often gets a lot of my first attempts…
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