First up my giveaway! Let’s announce this bad boy. Random number generator has chosen….. Congratulations!! Send your postal address to me at almondrock.wordpress@gmail.com and I’ll arrange delivery. Moving on. My love affair with New Look 6808 continues. I cooked up the idea of adapting it to use buttons at the back quite a while ago …
Recap of 2012 (part one)
As I read everyone’s reflections of the sewing year I notice excellent throughput and similar tales of joy and woe. Now I want a go!!! Here are my hits, misses, reflections, inspirations and goals! 5 hits 1. The knockoff Elsie dress 2. New Look 6808 FINALLY 3. Little Green UFO 4. Slippy shiny slinky fake …
I BLOODY LOVE POLKA DOTS
Small ones, medium ones, giant ones. So it’s not surprising I bought 5 types of polka dot fabric at the Birmingham meet up! This is what I did with my three metres of black and white large polka dot satin fabric. First up I wanted to make a Colette Truffle dress. I made FOUR toiles trying …

MMM12: Successful? And a load of other waffle
Wooo I survived my first me-made-month. I did pretty well. 10 items worn collectively about 22 times. I used my ink blot tote bag so much and my red polka dress got worn quite a few times! I’m sure that the next time I attempt something similar it will go even better. Now for the …

Seeing stars Butterick 6446
Hello lovely people. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin… Easter weekend I was due to go to a fun dinner with my extended family to celebrate my Auntie’s big birthday. Alas it was cancelled for obvious reasons. I’d already made the dress so I’m getting around to sharing it now. Butterick 6446 has been …
Me-Made-May 13 – week 2: its all about the polka dots baby!!
We’re in week two and it’s time for my polka dot challenge! I managed six days of me-made dots this week. It would have been seven if I’d conquered my half done Burda dress. Sigh…. Let’s check out the dots!! Self-drafted Elsie knock off dress worn for a stroll around the canal on Bank Hol …