Who doesnt love a shirt dress? Theyre simple and cute, yet still manage to retain a vintage edge. Plus, youve got your whole outfit sorted at once, just do up a few buttons and youre good...
Im currently in a state of trauma and its all because of The Bridge. Two reasons: 1) the series has now finished so theres officially nothing good on telly any more and 2) the events at the end...
A few months ago I was given this beautiful vintage dress by my mother-in-law. She bought it from a vintage shop several years ago but having only ever wore it once, decided shed like to pass i...
Yes, in true Sound of Music style, my latest make started life as a pair of old curtains. I bought them from a stall on Portobello Road market, along with these buttons, and just knew the two to...
.....is Clare from Magpie Makes!!! Congratulations Clare, please send me an email and Ill forward you the special £25 voucher code to spend in the Frumble online shop.Many thanks to everybody for par...
Hoorah, hoorah! Its stopped raining and the sun is out! What more could you want? Well how about a little fabric talk, followed by a fabulous giveaway, courtesy of Frumble Fabrics.&nb...
…with my awesome PJs! In this post I said that if I made two pairs of PJ bottoms Id be happy and if a matching top happened to turn up too, Id be ecstatic. Well Im ecstatic! So with...
A few weeks ago, Karen wrote this blog post highlighting the benefits of sharing large fabric orders with friends and therefore saving money. I commented, saying that Id had my eye on some ...
Pity my poor husband - instead of a beautifully quaffed and made-up housewife greeting him at the door with a cocktail, most days hes greeted by me....in my pyjamas. I make no apologies, I ador...
I made my first Colette Violet blouse last year and was reasonably pleased with it - it was a bit wide, but I only wore it tucked in so it didnt matter - or so I thought. Then I saw Laurens fitted ve...
One week, one pattern, three skirts and many costume changes. The week of wearing variations on the same tried and trusted pattern is now up and the pattern (Colette Ginger) has been well and t...
Ta-Da.... Ive finished my Mad Men dress, just as spring has sprung. I chose this bright blue Joanie dress for the challenge, as I wanted to add a fitted shirt dress to my wardrobe. I took...
On Friday, I visited the Getty Images Gallery, just off Oxford Circus in London, to see its Marilyn exhibition. The exhibition is to commemorate 50 years since the death of Marilyn Monroe, and ...
Good afternoon! Now you may or may not have noticed, but I hardly ever wear earrings. Theres no particular reason why I dont - maybe its because I tend to wear my hair down all the time, so my ...
Im ridiculously late to the party as usual, and youve probably already read about the Oh Sew Brixton! meet up on Tillys, Karens and Joannes blogs. But if you havent, then youll want to know tha...
When I buy fabric, its not always apparent what it should be made into. Some fabrics shout out exactly what they should be as soon as you clap eyes on them. For others, its more of a slow ...
Its World Book Day today - where school children get to dress up as a character from their favourite book. You may remember in my last post, I was procrastinating about making my son a pai...
I really should be making my son a pair of Tintin pantaloons to wear for World Book Day but am procrastinating badly. So whilst I drum up some enthusiasm, Ill talk about The Sunshine Award whic...
Yesterday, I met up with Kathryn from Yes I Like That for a notebook making workshop with sewing blog favourite John-Paul Flintoff. I know, I know, you cant really get much more rock and roll!&...
If youve been reading Tillys blog recently, youll know shes planning a One Week, One Pattern project from 26th March to 1st April. The idea is simple: to celebrate those special sewing patterns...
Its no secret that Im a die hard fan of Mad Men. Everything about it is just so well done: the complexity of the characters, the superb acting (Im not a fan of child actors but the girl who pla...
When the Peony dress was first released by Colette patterns, it seemed to pass me by for some reason. I was only swayed into buying it because of all the delectable versions that kept popping up...
Its freezing cold here in the UK with thick snow on the ground. Ive got a stinking cold and a sore throat which is making me sound like Patty and Selma from The Simpsons. In an effort to c...
One thing I wanted to do this year was to try and refashion some of my handmade clothes that hadnt worked. One of the main culprits is my Blue Rose top which Ive only worn once. I ma...
So called because it was the kind and generous Roobeedoo who immediately sent me her copy of McCall 6245 to trace, after I lusted after it on this blog post.I made a muslin from the pattern beforehan...
Im sure youve all read about the latest Sewaholic pattern to be released - The Renfrew Top. Im more excited than most because I was one of the lucky pattern testers, hooray! Its wonderful...
Its official - snood frenzy has now infiltrated the teaching profession....When I first sported my snood in public, it was immediately commented on by Linda, one of my sons teaching assistants. ...
I made my first Colette Patterns Beignet skirt over a year ago, and despite my best intentions a second version just never managed to make it onto my sewing table. The shape is supremely flatte...
Thank you to everybody who entered my New Year Giveaway. I did use the random number generator thingy but couldnt get screen shots of it, youll just have to take my word for it! Back to ...
One of my goals for this year is to pass on makes, patterns, fabrics etc that either just dont work for me for one reason or another or that Ive finished with. Instead of hanging on to them, Id...
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