Today you get to meet my brother Andy (aka Little Fro). I’ve been promising him a shirt for over a year and I’ve finally delivered! This lovely black and white pin dot brushed cotton is from Stone fabrics and also comes in blue and red. I presented samples of each to my brother, white was …
I’ve mentioned a few times my longing to go to Paris. In fact I’ve only been to France once, aged 15 for a kayaking holiday which wasn’t exactly a cultural delight. It was mostly shrieking teenagers and French men in speedos. It has to happen one day. Right? But until then I can settle for …
Winter is coming!! And I’m not happy about it. But at least I’ve got a snuggly sweatshirt to keep warm with. This is the White Russian by Capital Chic Patterns. As soon as I saw this pattern my eyes popped out. I knew I’d be making it when the weather turned. I used this amazing …
Have you heard of Funki Fabrics? Today I’m showing you the results of trying out their Flexcite stretch fabric. I am proud to see a Northern specicalist fabric company doing so well, and the Manchester-based team design and print here in the UK! That’s rather impressive if you ask me. So what did I make? …
Hello hello! This weekend was a real fun one. I went to the SewBrum meetup. There were lots of familiar faces and nice new ones to meet and chat with. I shopped up a storm getting some right bargains. They’re all washing as I type, and my brain is cooking up sewing plans for them. But the real …
Yeeehaw! I’m back with another finished make. It’s not as all singing and dancing as the last dress but please don’t hold that against me. This is actually a dress I made last year but for some reason never got round to blogging about it! The pattern is the Dixie DIY Ballet Dress. Super simple and easy to sew knit-dress. It …