I am a co-host for the Stashbusting Sewalong Facebook group in October, along with Sonja from http://www.sewingalacarte.nl and the theme for this month is Christmas gifts and decorations. Sonja is hosting the giftmaking and I am running a tutorial on how to make a Christmas tree and perhaps a door wreath. If you are of a disposition […]
Read moreI’ve made a couple of capes – the Woodland Stroll cape from Liesl & Co to be precise, which has been malingering in my pattern stash since it was first released. The first to be worn was this navy blue one made from left over wool flannel from trousers I made Mark last year. The lining is […]
Read moreI was lucky enough to test this lovely dress from Itch to Stitch. It is the Sirena dress and it is going to be one that I will wear often when the weather permits. I made the version with the flounced sleeves, although I wasn’t sure I would like them Bottom line? I adore them! […]
Read moreA couple of posts ago I blogged my tight dyeing activities and here is the first pair. I am wearing them here with my new Jasper sweater dress which I originally made for my Sew a Seasonal Wardrobe challenge and then realised that I couldn’t wear it with a single other item – doh! I […]
Read moreI’ve made a rag doll and I am totally besotted. Sadly she’s not for me – she’s for a very special little newborn girl, who I hope will enjoy playing with her as much as I enjoyed making her. She is from the book by Jess Brown which was kindly lent to me by Carolyn, after […]
Read moreI’ve taken up the Sew a Seasonal Wardrobe (SSW) gauntlet, with my first make being the Calvin Klein top (which I’m wearing here), and my second is this Seamwork Oslo cardigan Before I talk about the cardigan, I’ll just go over the SSW challenge. It began on 1 February, and ends on 31 May. I am […]
Read moreI’m currently engaged in a number of challenges, so trying to double/triple dip as much as possible. I’m doing the Sew a Seasonal Wardrobe (SSW1) with the Sewalongs and sewing contests Facebook group, I’m still trying to scrapbust, I’m doing the vintage challenge, and March is knits month in my Stashbusting Sewalong Facebook group – […]
Read moreAs I mentioned before, February has been a scrap busting month in my Facebook Stashbusting group, and I’ve managed to do quite a bit. After making the triangular pillow for my bed in the Airstream, I had a few scraps of grey and flax linen left, so cut them into strips, joined them and ironed them […]
Read moreAs mentioned in an earlier post I’m doing a scrap busting challenge this month (see https://www.facebook.com/groups/stashbusting2015/) and here are a couple more makes. First up a Megan Nielsen Eucalyptus dress made from a knit fabric. I made the tank version of this in a woven and it was a bit small, so I went up a size […]
Read moreThe January theme of one of the Facebook groups I belong to – Sewalongs and Sewing Contests – is Making Shirts, hosted by none other than David Page Coffin, author of The Shirtmaking Workbook. I was away for the first week of the SAL and will be away for the last week, which presented me with a little problem. I […]
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