Anyone else mistakenly order fabric? I am usually good at assessing what I need, choosing fibres, ordering the correct quantity (often a bit less!) but I had completely misread the description of this fabric. I thought it said it was medium-heavy weight (it's lightweight), and I also thought it said it was a viscose/cotton blend…
This McCalls 7969 dress has become a bit of a cult favourite hasn’t it? Every one that I’ve seen has been amazing – I had to jump onto this particular bandwagon. I think it is especially good value for money because as well as getting a lovely dress pattern, I’m going to use this incredible…
I am not particularly proud of this, but I wanted to talk about how recently I let several people down. Before I got my new job (that I wrote about in my last blog post), I had agreed to several blogging/sewing opportunities which were all due within a few weeks of one another. However, suddenly…
I am thrilled to be making my first project from Adaku’s book ‘Sewing With African Wax Print Fabrics’ which was kindly sent to me along with the fabric to celebrate the book launch. The book is brilliant and has so many brilliant projects from extremely simple hair ties, to gorgeous shirts and dresses! For my…
These linen Arenite Pants are perfect for all seasons! I made them around six months ago (I am carrying on with my look back at makes that never made it to the blog) and I have been wearing them with different shoes/jackets and they are actually perfect for many situations! The linen is definitely more…
Every year around Feb/March, I update this list so that I can add new free patterns, check/update all the links and remove all the patterns that are no longer available for free (TIP: they don't always stay free, so if you see a pattern you like, I recommend you download it!). This year I have…
I don't know about you, but there is not a lot of sewing going on around here right now. We are in the middle of lockdown (again) here in the UK and I am homeschooling my little boy full-time. After he goes to bed I am much more likely to be found knitting on the…
I love sewing with scraps, it's so satisfying making a garment out of what are essentially waste materials. When I ordered 3m of tencel/cotton twill I was planning to make dungarees but changed my mind as to whether I would wear them. So I made a beautiful Grainline Farrow dress which I love and have…
I love a free pattern, who doesn't?! I love them so much I keep this list of hundreds of free patterns to help other sewists find them quickly and easily. This particular pattern is the Peppermint Wrap Skirt and has been on my radar since it's release. It's drafted by Emily of In The Folds,…
So as we are heading towards the end of this disturbing year I wanted to reflect upon what I have made and look back on my resolutions I set out at the beginning of the year in this post. My resolutions for 2020 included a dedication to get back to sustainable sewing, to reduce my…
Making and Books 