DIY Dressmaking with Emily ❤️
That’s pronounced “cricket” by the way. (I know, I know. All I want to do when I see that word is say “cry-cut”… 🤣). I’d been thinking for a while over whether I should purchase a cutting machine. That’s been some serious pondering over the past 6 months in fact! I spent hours researching what […]
Today I’m bringing you the next of my Top 5 lists – sewing tools! This was inspired by the Essentials post from Rachel of House of Pinheiro‘s #sewphotohop challenge on Instagram. I love a good gadget and I tend to buy a lot of sewing related paraphernalia that I often don’t end up using! […]
The next subject of my Top 5 lists is fabric shopping! Which, let’s face it, is one of the best bits about making your own clothes. I’ve made a list of my go-to shops, be that online or physical stores, in case anyone has ever wondered where I get most of my fabric and haberdashery […]
This should’ve been posted months ago! But as usual life kind of got in the way so I’m only getting round to it now! So I was lucky enough to go on a little trip to the Far East (if you follow my instagram feed you’d have seen a lot of it in real time!) last […]
I love combining my two favourite hobbies – sewing and travelling, so any opportunity to buy fabric whilst on holiday always makes me happy! One of my favourite places to go for fabric is Paris of course! There’s an area at the foot of the Sacré Cœur in Montmartre which has a multitude of fabric […]
Is it a good idea to buy fabric online? It’s a bit hit and miss to be honest. Unless you know very specifically what you’re buying i.e. it’s something you’ve bought before/ you know the brand and bought something similar, I don’t recommend it. Or at least I’ve not had a whole lot of luck […]
If there’s only one place you have time to go to for fabric shopping in London, this is it. On sheer numbers of shops this wins out! I went there a few weeks ago with my sisters and bought quite a few bits for some new projects (you might’ve seen them in my Instagram feed […]
I need to stop buying in bulk! I get so carried away when I’m shopping for sewing supplies that I’ve ended up with this… This is literally hundreds of metal zips! Where am I going to put them all? (Sigh). These were £1 a bag of 15-20 pot luck metal zips and if you […]
I think regardless of whether I like something or not, if you wave it about in front of my face for long enough, I’ll want it… That’s what seems to have happened with these jackets! They first came onto the scene a couple of years ago (I remember seeing them in Zara back then) and […]
Ok, ok, they’re nothing fancy but I love them! I splurged and got myself some customised clothing labels off Easy 2 Name. It’s just one of those sites where you can enter in the writing you want, font, colours etc and choose a little picture if you like, the type that people sometimes get kids […]
