Happy Sunday everyone! What a great weekend. I started by visiting my brother in Manchester Friday night and going to a speciality pie and ale place. Saturday was spent sewing and then having dinner at Jamie’s Italian (oh my god I love pumpkin cannelloni). And finally today, the Mr and I went out for brunch, …
This weekend featured the unlikely but wonderful trio of Silk, Mexican food, and Trains. It also involved lots of lovely people. Win! Silk isn’t a fabric I ever thought I’d purposefully pick to sew. I have been given silk fabric as a present before and found the experience of trying to sew with it wholly …
I’m back!! I feel like I’ve been away from the blog for ages (sob sob). Today I’m sharing the story of a little blue jacket. This bad boy: I bought it from Next a few years ago. It has some awesome details like cool pockets and great top-stitching. But if you wear a jacket for …
I took a little sew-cation using my annual leave so I could work on my Anise and ended up doing barely anything on it! Instead I’ve mostly been working with my mum to make her a Chanel style tweed jacket. The jacket is coming along so well and really makes me glad I did the …
Today I’d like to share some pictures from two displays I had the joy of seeing at the Creative Stitches and Hobbycraft show: My Fair Lady stage costumes by Jasper Conran and Philip Treacy, and an amazing knitted garden. I was fortunate enough to be given two complimentary tickets to the show courtesy of Helen …
Everyone loves a good pattern hack. Well check this one out. This strappy top is loosely based on Simplicity 2362. I picked this pattern up at the V&A London meetup. Now I’m sure those pockets are lovely in real life but I just couldn’t bring myself to use those lower bodice pieces. Enter the trusty …