I love trying new crafts. I’m always so fascinating with making, well, everything and I’m forever looking for the next thing to try. I’ve even got a list that I’m planning to work my way through this year! Today is all about bargello which might be familiar to some of you but probably not to […]
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 […]
The Frill Hem Top – Trend Patterns
I love frills! Frills and embroidery are going to end up covering my entire summer wardrobe, I can just tell! My first of many frilly tops for this summer is the Frill Hem Top from Trend Patterns. I originally wrote about this pattern when I interviewed Lucy from Trend Patterns a couple of weeks ago […]
Plans for an arts and crafts-y December (AKA last minute Xmas gift ideas…)
The reason for an arts and crafts month? Christmas of course! There’s no better time to start on those little craft projects to make as gifts in this season of giving. I love making handmade gifts as most of you know and I firmly believe it’s never too late to start! (That’s a lie. It […]
Handmade birthday presents!
This isn’t about my own presents – my birthday was yesterday – but ones I’ve made for others! (If you followed my Instagram story yesterday, you could see I spent my birthday with my sisters having brunch and shopping!) It reminded me though, that I hadn’t yet blogged about my most recent lot of handmade […]
I got my own labels!
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 […]
White shirt dress pattern hack
I love shirt dresses. I think they’re perfectly between formal and casual and very smart looking. I usually end up making quite vintage looking ones like here but I wanted to try something a bit more fitted this time. I already had this shirt pattern from Burda which I got a while back. I’d only […]