Sew Over It – Doris Dress

I have written a guest post over at Material Girl Laura about my Sew Over It 'Doris' dress. Please go and check it out. Small clue.... I love it!!

Tilly and the Buttons – Frankie T-shirt

With an aim to up my basics in my wardrobe this year, I loved the look of the Frankie when I first saw it on Tilly's Instagram story. The supplies: I was instantly drawn to the idea of mixing colours for the bodice and sleeves. I found some lovely speckled grey jersey on Tia Knights…

My Denim Cleo

I admired the Tilly and the Buttons 'Cleo' for a while before taking the plunge and purchasing the pattern. I was unsure the style would suit me, but I've seen so many pop up in the high street shops that I went for it. My first Cleo was made in black corduroy which has become…

Dressmaking with Quilting Cotton

Quilting cotton divides the dressmaking community. It is deemed as an inferior material with wacky colourful design but I'm pretty certain that the majority of home sewists began with quilting cotton. When you walk into a fabric shop often quilting cotton is the material that draws your eye first. The beautiful bolts of colourful designs…

True Bias – Male Hudson Pants

My husband has been asking me to make him something for quite some time. He would love a road cycling Lycra jersey but I don't feel confident enough for that project yet. We settled on True Bias 'Hudson Pants'. As soon as he saw the pattern it was an instant yes from him. He likes…

SOI Lola Coat

Making a coat has been on my bucket list that I made on New Years Eve 2016. I do hope to make a full structured coat one day but I feel the Sew Over It Lola Coat from the Sew Over It ebook 'My Capsule Wardrobe: City Break' is a great place to start. It's…

Henrietta Swimsuit

When I created my #2018make selection I wanted to put a pattern in that I thought would really push my sewing boundaries. I saw the 'Henrietta' costume from Measure Twice, Cut Once and I just fell in love with the design. Since having children my body confidence has dropped and I feel very uncomfortable in…

My #smyly2018 Make

Sewing Makes You Love Yourself - what a wonderful motto and it just rings so true. This is a challenge set up by Athina Kakou, Hattie van def Krohn and Lisa Kisch. You sew a garment to make you feel great about yourself and then you share it along with your sewing story to the…

Progress on my #2018makenine

Setting goals gives me focus. If I've said I will do it then often than not, I will do it. It's the second week in February and I'm already making progress on my #2018makenine. 4 our of the 9 patterns I've tackled and I'm pleased with how everyone on them has turned out. I thought…

Sewing with Challenging Fabrics

As my confidence has grown so has been my ventures into using difficult/challenging fabrics. I have made many mistakes and projects have ended up in the bin and I have spent many hours trawling through the suggestions from google. Alice-May from Merry Makes by Alice-May asked some advice on working with the tricky fabric so…