DIY Dressmaking with Emily ❤️
Every now and then I get a real hankering for a new pair of jeans. It doesn’t happen super often – the last successful pair I made was a pair of Closet Core Ginger Jeans back in early 2020 and those were a replacement for a pair that was in a bag that got stolen. […]
I’ve never been a huge crocheter. I occasionally pick up the hobby when I’m really inspired by a project like the raffia bag I made a few years ago (free pattern here!) but otherwise I’m usually Team Knit! I guess I still associate a lot of crocheting with granny squares and that’s never been my […]
If there’s a dress that epitomises my summer it’s this one! The Holmen dress by new-to-me pattern company The Uncut Project immediately caught my eye. I love the loose gathered dress look (still!) but in particular I loved the skinny straps and low back. I’ve become a bit obsessed with everything backless at the mo […]
Hope you have all been coping in the heatwave this week! 40 degrees in London just seems mental! Luckily, I am summer ready with this latest make! I picked up the end of a roll of gorgeous linen from Stitch Fabrics at The Stitch Festival earlier this year. I only had 1.4 metres so I […]
Who doesn’t love a co-ord these days? That trend for matching tops and bottoms of the past few years is still going strong – you’d think the desire to recreate the childhood look of matching sets would’ve faded by now but I think the loungewear sets of lockdown has kept the trend alive! I spotted […]
I’m alive! (Just in case any of you were wondering… 😂) So it’s been a loooooong while since my last post. There was no reason in particular for the break – I had a bit of a sewing slump in April/ May time and had a few weeks without making anything at all. After that, […]
[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 […]
I’ve been seemingly collecting ends of denim over the years – mostly as a result of always having to purchase 2 metre lengths of denim for jeans and only really needing 1.2-1.5 metres (they always recommend getting a little extra in case you need to recut anything which is a sensible thing to do but […]
The Didi sweater has that retro 80s/90s vibe with the quarter zip that’s all the rage at the moment and this pattern was one that I was most excited about from edition 17 of Fibre Mood. I’d seen samples and a line drawing ahead of its release and thought this was a sweater I’d love […]
