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Easy pleated skirt

by almondrockon December 9, 2016March 4, 20255 Comments on Easy pleated skirt

Hello everyone and Happy Friday! Tonight is my work Christmas party so I’m all giddy and ready to celebrate the year! Today I have a tutorial to share for a quick pleated skirt. All it takes is a bit of maths and some basic sewing skills to get a lovely printed skirt. I partnered with Elephant In My …

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Vintage French Joan-ish

by almondrockon November 22, 2016January 4, 20197 Comments on Vintage French Joan-ish

Hello hello! Is everyone surviving the week? Are you taking part in Amanda’s awesome #bpsewvember on Instagram?  Go on and tag yourself on my IG feed if we’re not a already friends as I’d love to see all your snaps. I have a fun dress to share today as it’s a Sew Over It pattern love child! …

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Vintage market staple

by almondrockon October 17, 2016September 15, 20194 Comments on Vintage market staple

Hello everyone. Quick post today! Firstly, thanks for all your comments on my last post. Since writing that piece my wedding day has been shunted into 2018 which is sad because I was getting excited to start my dress but I imagine I’ll now start sometime in the new year. Head to the end of …

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My wedding dress – inspiration

by almondrockon October 13, 2016July 27, 202222 Comments on My wedding dress – inspiration

So as I alluded to in past posts I intend to sew myself a wedding dress! Some of you may think “she’s not serious!?” And some might be giving me a double thumbs up. And basically I’m in the middle, thinking “bwahahah this is so surreal”. I wanted to share the process on the blog …

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Sewbrum 2016

by almondrockon September 24, 2016January 4, 20193 Comments on Sewbrum 2016

Hello lovely ladies and gents I’m writing this post on my journey home from Birmingham after an epic day in the company of 100 stylish sewists. Last night involved lots of curry and champers as we celebrated our engagement with some close friends and like an idiot I stayed up later than expected. My bus was …

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Beyond Measure open day 

by almondrockon September 15, 2016May 11, 20174 Comments on Beyond Measure open day 

It’s been a busy busy week but it’s nice to be writing a blog post. It’s press week so I’m very manic and I keep forgetting to get up for glasses of water. Plus I’m testing a pattern for work because it’s got a fun design detail that I wanted to try out myself. Enough …

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