Reflecting back on 2017 – what a year!

2017 has just passed by in a blur! I felt like I was constantly wondering where all the time had gone. Days and months seemed to just disappear! Where did it all go??! I thought I’d do a little round up of my year today. I wanted to step back and appreciate what I’ve actually […]

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Christmas present reveal!

This year I decided to make most of my sewing skills and tried to make my Christmas presents! Of course I left it way too late and spent the last couple of weeks frantically sewing to make up for it! I definitely fell short of my plans so I had to do a little bit […]

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My Christmas dress!

This dress wasn’t intended to be a Christmas dress. Not even a little bit. But there’s something about it that just shouts wintery cheer to me! This make is a hack/ redesign of the Colette patterns Moneta dress. I’ve made the Moneta a couple of times already and it’s definitely been added to my TNT […]

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A stripey Kyoto sweater!

I am ALL about the sweaters right now since it is absolutely freezing here in London! I’ve had my eye on the Kyoto sweater for a little while as a potential staple knit pattern that could be an alternative style to my beloved Linden sweaters. Plus I was keen to try out something from the […]

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The Deer & Doe Hoya blouse

Did you spend your summer seeing Hoya blouses all over your Instagram feed like I did? The simple mock wrapped blouse was released as part of Deer and Doe’s Botany collection earlier this year and seemed to be everywhere! Or maybe I just kept seeing photos of the same one… 😂 I was eager to […]

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The Tilly and the Buttons Martha dress

I’ve been on the lookout for patterns that’ll make for good winter dresses i.e. mini dresses with long sleeves and high necks. That’s what tights are for, right? The Moneta dress from Colette is always an easy go-to but I was a little tired of that skater dress silhouette. Not that that’s a bad style […]

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