So I finished this shirt for my husband. It's the Thread Theory Fairfield shirt and I already wrote about the toile here. The final shirt in the fashion fabric turned out nice, don't you think? Hubby looks handsome, the shirt fits well, it's great - blah blah blah. BUT I had originally ordered this fabric…
Story time... some fabric arrived a little while ago that my husband took an immediate shine to. It was a beautiful Robert Kaufman flannel and I had ordered it to make myself an autumnal Eliis dress. However, when my husband said he would really love a shirt made from it, I decided I probably have…
I am continuing sharing makes that were made a while ago and not yet blogged. Today I am talking about the Closet Core Pouf. First of all I want to say that because this pattern is pieced together it would make an amazing scrapbuster - in fact, I believe it was originally designed to be…
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…
This is my first completed lockdown knitting project, even though I am now well on my way to completing my second! I cast on this Andrea Mowry Find Your Fade made from scraps just a couple of days before the lockdown was announced. Knitting this shawl has been such a source of comfort to me…
It's not been a secret that I have zero budget for sewing. We live on a very tight income and if I want to buy fabric or patterns I basically have to sell stuff on eBay to make a bit of spare cash for my hobby. Please don't think I am complaining, we have…
You may have already seen this blog post over on the Sewcialists blog but if not, here it is... I am so excited that the theme this month is denim as it is my all-time favourite fabric! It’s my favourite fabric to sew as it behaves well under the sewing machine and it’s my favourite…
Seeing as my blog post last Sunday was short and sweet I thought I would treat you to a bonus blog post this week and do a #toolthursday post! As you may have seen, this month the Sewcialists have deemed February 'Denim Month' I couldn't be happier about this as I love denim and it…
I've had a few conversations recently about revisiting older makes and talking about how they are wearing six months or one year on. So I've decided to do a #oneyearon spotlight on makes that I made a year ago and examining how they are doing. Are they being worn? If not, why not? Is the…
So just recently I've been really loving projects that use 1m or less. I like that they don't use loads of fabric and have been focussing on working through my scraps. I think this is a great way of adding to a sustainable wardrobe - especially if you have scraps leftover from other projects or…
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