Always keen to jump on a bandwagon, I have signed up for a spot of stashbusting in 2015. I don't have a massive stash, but I also don't have very much space for it, so it needs close monitoring. At the start of January it was full. Despite being the owner of all those glorious [...]
Category: DIY Clothes
Very Easy Very Vogue 7808
Here is my first (and only, for this year at least) Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge make; something of a surprise success, considering that the toile looked very reminiscent of my costume for the part of King Herod's advisor in a junior school nativity! The pattern is Very Easy Very Vogue 7808, and once I'd disregarded almost all of the [...]
Dolores Batwing Dress
A couple of months ago, Zoe sent me some pictures of her new batwing top/tunic/dress pattern, and asked if I would mind testing it out. Zoe was my first real-life sewing friend, and is one of the nicest people you could hope to meet, so I was very happy to help. I'd been keen to give [...]
Love Sewing: Upcycled Beach Tote
Hey, remember a while ago when I made a bag for my auntie out of an old curtain? Well, not only did my auntie like it, but the nice lady in her local chemist thought it was lovely and bright, and then Helen, the editor of Love Sewing magazine, got in touch and asked if I'd like to write an [...]
1PPW: T-shirt Refashion
Things have been a little quiet around the blog of late, and I am full of excuses! I went to Japan, started a new job, got sick, and got bitten on the foot by some form of monster-insect (leading to my first ever trip to the hospital) all in the space of three weeks. Anyway, enough [...]
