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Me Made May 13: My second week

If I’m honest, I thought that So Zo’s Me Made May ’13 would be an easy 4-poster for the month of May. I really thought it would help to bridge the massive gap between my sporadic makes and make me...

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Me Made May 13: My first week

Not so very long ago I signed up to So Zo’s Me Made May ’13. Whereby I pledged to wear something handmade, every day throughout the month of May 2013. I did leave it till the very last minute,...

May 9, 2013 Like

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All is rosy in an Elisalex

Hooray for Elisalex! I want to shout it from the rooftops! I am sooooo happy with this dress. Does it show?! We had the loveliest day yesterday. Sunshine, park-life and the company of great...

May 7, 2013 Like

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ooobop! review: Burda Style May 2013

Well this review very nearly didn’t happen. Firstly because I was in a grump when I bought May’s issue – there was no way that anything was going to impress me that day – and secondly the usual...

May 5, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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How my Elisalex ‘test garment’ happened!

So much has happened over this last week. Starting with last Saturday when Rachel hosted her massive meet up! There have been plenty of fine reports of that wonderful day so I am going to cheat big...

Apr 27, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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First summer dress of 2013

What a gorgeous day it was in London today. I couldn’t believe that I actually didn’t need a coat for the first time this year. I can even feel a little after-sun tingle on my skin. And what...

Apr 14, 2013 Like 5 people like this

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Vintage patterns: 2 new additions

I have just added the following two lovely patterns to my Vintage Pattern Collection page and while at it, couldn’t resist a shout out to the fantabulous Pretty Grievances. I would imagine she...

Apr 14, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Jeepers Creepers, where d’ya get those peepers?

I always fancied the idea of some face furniture. Not the furry kind, you understand. And I certainly was never brave enough to go down the road of facial piercings. But a good old pair of bins /...

Apr 11, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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ooobop! review: Burda Style April 2013

And so, as I sit, still in the depths of winter, double wrapped for good measure, It’s small wonder that I am less inspired by this month’s Burda than usual. This is April’s edition for goodness...

Mar 25, 2013 Like

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Party skirt for Princess Gabrielle

You may have seen me whinging (and crying) on Twitter about this skirt. And now I’m looking at it I really am bemused by how a tiny skirt for a 3 year old could have given me so much jip! The skirt...

Mar 23, 2013 Like

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Kiki’s vintage cushion cover

When my good friend Kiki asked me to make a cushion cover from her late mother’s Biba skirt, I kind of refused. Big time! I love my friend Kiki so much and would do anything for her but cut up a...

Mar 10, 2013 Like

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ooobop! review: Burda Style March 2013

If springtime Burda loveliness is what you are after then you should go grab yourself a March issue right now! The cover pic itself says it all. The goodies far outweigh the oddities this month....

Feb 22, 2013 Like

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Pin-up pants and procrastination

I made my first pair of pin-up pants last September 2012 and I knew I would have to make more. For one, that stretch silk doesn’t come cheap and I WILL use every last piece! But moreover they are...

Feb 17, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Windblown Square quilt block

Now we are getting interesting… if you like this sort of thing! Meet the Windblown Square block. Number 23 from issue 25, The Art of Quilting. It required all of the techniques that have been...

Feb 17, 2013 Like

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Old throw, new skirt

The sun came out today. And the sky was blue. But it turned out to be a big trick and it was still bloomin’ freezing! But hey! Still managed to make good use of that light . . . in our ‘local’! The...

Feb 9, 2013 Like 4 people like this

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ooobop! review: Burda Style February 2013

February’s issue opns up with the Land of Dreams, where Bohemian and eastern traditions fuse for some pretty original styling. Not exactly my thing but I do appreciate the sentiment. However, I’m...

Jan 25, 2013 Like

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Fabrics that fashioned a band

For someone who has lived, worked and partied with musicians since a very early age, it’s shocking how little I used to listen to the radio. But, thankfully, my new found obsessionial love of...

Jan 17, 2013 Like

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Lucky Lucille? Lucky Me!

This post is hugely late but nevertheless essential and heartfelt! I won a giveaway! Oh yes, oh yes… lucky me indeed! Back in November 2012, Tilly held a sewing social on Twitter which was such a...

Jan 13, 2013 Like

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Black pencil skirt and a learning curve

Not the most ground-breaking make but as usual, there is a continued method in my madness! I have hundreds of really lovely vintage and modern dressmaking patterns and a serious desire to make and...

Jan 13, 2013 Like

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Whirlwind Square quilt block

Happy new year all! And boy am I glad to be back. Not that I’ve actually been anywhere. Just glad to be back in my sewing seat after a whole week of being struck down by a virus. All those sewing...

Jan 5, 2013 Like

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How to make a Roman blind / shade

And here is the long awaited tutorial. Sorry I took so long. I completely underestimated how long it would take to put together! Despite the lengthy post, this really is a simple sewing project,...

Dec 29, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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ooobop! review: Burda Style January 2013

One might be advised to take the following review with a pinch of salt. I am ill and grumpy and should never have ventured out on this cold, wet miserable day to get hold of my belated issue....

Dec 28, 2012 Like

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Home-made maternity belt, circa 1940!

I was just searching for a date on this pattern so I could update my vintage pattern collection page with this little beauty… …when out popped this little cutting which tickled me, I must say: home...

Dec 26, 2012 Like

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Secret Santa Success!

I know, I know… this still isn’t anything like a tutorial for Roman Blinds. I’m on it, honestly I am and it will happen, once I’ve get round to drawing some diagrams to accompany the words. But for...

Dec 21, 2012 Like

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Two lovely awards from two lovely ladies…

Forgive me blogworld for I have been a bad blogger. It has been 15 days since my last post and still neither a newly sewn garm nor a promised tute for a Roman blind do declare themselves done. I...

Dec 12, 2012 Like

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Roman blinds/shades for the landing

Well I’ve certainly got that winter nesty feeling. Never thought I’d say it but the rain can tip down as much as it likes. The wind can howl till it’s heart content and who cares if it’s cold as a...

Nov 27, 2012 Like

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Old Maid’s Puzzle quilt block

This quilt block is called Old Maid’s Puzzle, though also more recently known as the Bachelorette. It is block number 21 from issue 23 ‘Art of Quilting’. This is the first of my blocks, so far that...

Nov 23, 2012 Like

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ooobop! review: Burda Style December 2012

Was beginning to get a bit anxious about the late appearance of this issue on the shelves of Smiths! But was it worth the wait?…. In my humble opinion, if there is just one great pattern in there...

Nov 21, 2012 Like

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Rewards of Tweeting

I joined Twitter just a couple of months ago, and still up until a couple of weeks ago I was wondering If I needed yet another platform to take up more of my time. What would it bring? What was the...

Nov 19, 2012 Like

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Me Made May 13: My second week

Me Made May 13: My first week

All is rosy in an Elisalex

ooobop! review: Burda Style May 2013

How my Elisalex ‘test garment’ happened!

First summer dress of 2013

Vintage patterns: 2 new additions

Jeepers Creepers, where d’ya get those peepers?

ooobop! review: Burda Style April 2013

Party skirt for Princess Gabrielle

Kiki’s vintage cushion cover

ooobop! review: Burda Style March 2013

Pin-up pants and procrastination

Windblown Square quilt block

Old throw, new skirt

ooobop! review: Burda Style February 2013

Fabrics that fashioned a band

Lucky Lucille? Lucky Me!

Black pencil skirt and a learning curve

Whirlwind Square quilt block

How to make a Roman blind / shade

ooobop! review: Burda Style January 2013

Home-made maternity belt, circa 1940!

Secret Santa Success!

Two lovely awards from two lovely ladies…

Roman blinds/shades for the landing

Old Maid’s Puzzle quilt block

ooobop! review: Burda Style December 2012

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