I never ever thought I’d make a milkmaid style dress… Because I’m not ahem well endowed enough. But I decided to get over my insecurity and whip up the Brandi Joan M8359 design. The finished dress came with me to Sorrento and enjoyed wearing it twice while I was there. It’s a feminine dress with …
Butterick 6676
Happy Weekend everyone! It’s sunny here in Yorkshire and my mood is instantly boosted like a terrible British cliche. BUT I DON’T CARE… I’ve missed sunshine too much. Now onto sewing. I finally photographed three makes this week now my awful ear issues are finally gone. This is Butterick 6676 which has three styles of …
Threadcount blouse
Hello everyone! I’ve been on a great run of therapeutic sewing lately! Getting my head down, pushing out the world and focusing on the task at hand. I had a super productive Christmas break and made a whopping four garments in three days. Three dresses and a blouse. I sewed them all at the same …
Textile Printing at Leeds Art College
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 …
Pink Parrots and Ugly Pelicans
Holy Moly! What a weekend! I’m aching all over but I am busy typing up a summary of the awesome Minerva Crafts meet up event, ready for you later this week. Now for something quite different. This is the Berthe shirt from Republique du Chiffon. It’s my third version of the shirt but my first blogged one. Here …
Meet Melanie
I’m not a graceful elegant French woman. And pending some kind of life-transplant, I don’t think I ever will be. But that doesn’t mean I can’t wear chic French patterns and frolic around pretending I am. Anyone else feel like this some times? Meet Melanie; She’s one of the patterns designed by Géraldine of Republique …