Gosh it’s been ages since I last posted. I get this horrible feeling when I don’t post during a week. Let’s remedy that! I’ve been sewing like a maniac lately and have a big queue of things to show you in the next few weeks. I’ll start by sharing a few things today. First up are …
Hello everyone! I thought it was about time for a full round up of my Textile Printing course. This is going to be picture heavy I’m afraid and I’ve not even included all the pictures! Weeks 1 and 2 we worked with disperse printing using heat set dyes on man made fabrics. Using paper soaked …
This weekend two of my closest friends married each other. And I bawled my eyes out. It was the perfect day and I’m so happy for them, even though I’m a teeny bit jealous of their amazing honeymoon plans. For the occasion I wanted the perfect dress. When I saw the new Gertie pattern Butterick …
Today I’m here to share a Minerva Blogger Network make! I had a short break from the Network while I worked on some other projects and will probably keep the collaborating a bit more sporadic this year so I can keep sewing from my stash! For the dress I chose a gorgeous quilting cotton in …
Yoohooo! Fun times over here! I’m super happy* with my new dress and ready to share. Basically this is a dress you’ve seen a billion times before from me. I’ve paired the Simplicity 2444 bodice with the skirt from the Sureau (a dress that I still can’t get to fit nicely). This cracking cotton duck fabric …
Hello Sewing Bee fans! In advance of tonight’s episode White Tree Fabrics gave me 2 metres of the lovely teal/aqua coloured leaf lace seen in the show and in the accompanying book, used on this gorgeous pencil skirt. The lace has such a pretty scalloped selvedge I wanted to showcase that. So I thought if I …