DIY Dressmaking with Emily ❤️
Well it’s been a while hasn’t it? I didn’t intend on having such a long blogging break. I would start half writing a post and then would just never get round to finishing them or taking nice photos! It’s definitely become less important to me but I still think it’s nice to document my makes. […]
I’ve been meaning to make some new tops for a while but always got distracted by my next big new shiny project that I’ve just put it off for ages. I finally did it though and made not one, but three versions of Rowan by Megan Nielsen. I picked this pattern as a base as […]
[Gifted pattern and fabric in exchange for an honest review] I love a full length fancy evening dress and for me the newest pattern from Deer and Doe, the Circée wrap dress and skirt pattern, firmly lands in that category. I could tell immediately that this pattern would make for the most wonderful glamorous outfit […]
[AD – gifted fabric in collaboration with Peppermint Magazine and Spoonflower] The Bowen dress is the latest free pattern from Peppermint Magazine’s Sewing School. It’s a boxy loose fit summer dress – very much leaning into the oversized and gathered trend – designed by Hubba Ding Patterns, a new-to-me pattern company. It features a short […]
I’m that person that hangs on to my favourite fabrics, waiting and hoping for the perfect project to come along for it. One of these was a viscose print I got from Stoff &Stil (when it was still Stoff & Stil!) several years ago! the dark green print featured a delicate floral pattern and the […]
This is a rather belated Lunar New Year pyjama post! Every Lunar New Year (or Chinese New Year in my house), my mother has insisted on us having new pyjamas and clothes. It’s tradition! (I think historically it’s always been a time when kids get their new clothes for the year much like how you […]
The Zero Waste Gather dress by Birgitta Helmersson is a pattern came to my attention a fair while ago now – well, I feel like I bought it a heck of a long time ago anyway! The concept behind the pattern is simple. Zero waste. By some magic you’d be able to use every single […]
I made one other thing for my holiday and that was a new set of dungaree shorts! I’d always planned on making some and this seemed like a great time to do so! I decided to use a pattern I’d made once before – the Jenny overalls from Closet Core Patterns. I liked the loose […]
This post is a little out of season for the northern hemisphere but I recently got away for some winter sun! I managed to sneak away to Mexico this January for a much needed holiday and for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Ten days of glorious warmth, sunshine and beach times […]
I had no intentions of making the Celeste pattern from Selkie until I heard there was a competition to win a fancy schmancy embroidery sewing machine from Husqvarna Viking if you made one! Typically, I only heard about the competition about 6 days before the deadline so the challenge was not just about the pattern […]
