So I had a bit of a sewing disaster this weekend. For some inexplicable reason a cup of tea flung itself out of my hand and all over: a) my sewing table, b) my mannequin “Beryl” and c) some of my fabric. Oh and the floor but who cares about that?! By the time I’d …
Long weekend woooo! I wore my polka dot top to work Friday made from Butterick 5644 with a self drafted peter pan collar. I had a very productive day. No one was really in the office so no one really noticed/cared I was wearing my top. I was pleased with myself at least. Straight after work …
It’s not that I don’t have any original ideas but I like to see if other people have had better ideas. For example there is nothing unsensible with googling other people’s V8723 dresses. For instance Spatastic’s yellow version is cute but not my colour and it’s good to know where she had problems. Jorth’s spotty …
Today I wore a stripey little top that I’d cooked up a few nights ago. It was supposed to be a dress but when I washed the fabric the black stripes bled into the other stripes in places and I ended up with less than a metre to work with. Chuh! Least it was only …
Right, so not to be narky but I was promised by a couple of people that a roll hem foot would change my life. My hems would be “neat and chic” and “look dreamy”. I got a 3mm foot for under £5 and away I went practicing and practicing…. I thought I’d pretty much …
Yippee! Day one of MMM12 done! I eased into things by wearing this cute knotted headband. I made it using a great presserfoot tutorial. Find it here at: http://presserfoot.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/tutorial-diy-nautical-headband.html Sadly Presserfoot is no more (see Kelli : www.truebias.com and Rian : www.trachties.blogspot.com) I’m going to put an updated version of the tutorial on here soon. It’s a great tutorial already …