Here’s another pattern from Named! It’s my favourite pattern of theirs due to its sheer ingenuity. It’s a gorgeous wrap dress destined to make everyone look amazing! Again I’ve got the same gripe with Named patterns in that their paper patterns don’t include seam allowance and this one doesn’t even come as one piece […]
A cameo on the Tilly and the Buttons blog!
My cold shoulder Bettine pattern hack made it onto Tilly’s list of design hacks in her latest blog post! I am ridiculously pleased with myself right now!! 🙂 You can see the full post here!
How was your Me-Made-May?
How did you get on with your Me-Made May challenge? Just to remind you, I had pledged to wear at least one me-made item everyday! Mine was pretty successful for a first timer in my opinion! I did manage to miss one day completely – I got up and got dressed for work without even […]
A dress for cold shoulders…
Happy bank holiday Monday folks (in the UK)! Hope you’re all enjoying the day off This “cold shoulder ” trend seems to be big this summer! I quite like that it’s showing a bit of skin without being super flashy/ fleshy (plus I have upper arm issues). Fellow blogger Sil at Mauve Cloud Studio made […]
Me and my Orla blouse
I’m adding a few of my past makes onto this blog (partly to bulk it out and partly to make it look like I’m a much faster dressmaker than I actually am…) from my other blog Emily’s Little World. You can check out my original post here. This is the Orla pattern from indie […]
Going overboard with supplies!
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 […]
Bettine, Bettine, Bettine…
Starting out sewing or need to whip up a dress in super quick time? Then Bettine is the dress for you! This is one from my Tilly and the Buttons haul that I got last year and I’ve made a few of them so far. Mostly because it literally takes no time to do and […]
My latest attempt at a Pattern Review contest!
This is the second Pattern Review contest I’ve signed up to so far. The first was the Little Red Dress Contest which involved, unsurprisingly, making a little red dress. This was in honour of the the American Heart Association day or something like that at least. I made this little number… Which actually I ended up […]
Caving to trends and making my own satin bomber…
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 […]
Arielle multicoloured!
I love the name Arielle by the way. It’s like a prettier version of Ariel from The Little Mermaid which was always one of my favourite Disney films growing up… But I digress. I have finally finished my Arielle skirt from Tilly and the Buttons. I say finally, I did only start it a few […]