I don’t like the word cheap. It’s too hard to distinguish between using it to indicate loss cost and implying low quality these days. People say you get what you pay for but I have often found amazing quality fabric at lower prices. And worse, the same fabric for frustratingly different prices. For instance my …
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 …
Happy Sunday everyone! Here’s a post about two things. First up – This Sew Over It Pussy Bow Blouse! I used a fab swan print polyester from Regency Rags. You can probably see I’ve made a few adjustments. I got rid of the centre front seam. That made it a little hard to attach the …
Hello lovely Readers! I hope you’ve had a great week. I’ve had two fantastic weekends in a row that I wanted to share. And both involved fabric shopping! Last weekend I mentioned I was in London. The trip was centred around a lovely friend’s 30th birthday. I also got to see some of my family …
This post could also be called “The Top That No one Else Seems To Have Made But I Can’t Tell Why: New Look 6148”. Now we know I’m a big fan of New Look patterns… Ok so sometimes it doesn’t connect, but mostly I’m in love and they’re my go to pattern company. This top …