When I first started sewing I thought it would be the perfect way to indulge my addiction to dresses. Somewhere along the way I ended up making a lot of tops, a few dresses and not much else! So where did all the dresses go? And all the other plans I had?! This revelation struck …
Here’s why…. I went over for our weekly (usually ends up being a-lot-less-than-weekly) swimming session and she said, “I’ve got something for you!”. She passed me this little brown bag… As you can see it’s well padded and you can already get the feeling the contents are sewing related! Well I opened it up and …
Woo I’m super pleased with myself. And not afraid to say it! Ages ago I saw a picture of Elsie and went “ooooooh”. I love Elsie’s blog A Beautiful Mess. Her fashion taste is fab and she always tries to include lots of varying fun diy ideas. She’s also a lovely photographer. Immediately I pinned …
Long weekend woooo! I wore my polka dot top to work Friday made from Butterick 5644 with a self drafted peter pan collar. I had a very productive day. No one was really in the office so no one really noticed/cared I was wearing my top. I was pleased with myself at least. Straight after work …
It’s not that I don’t have any original ideas but I like to see if other people have had better ideas. For example there is nothing unsensible with googling other people’s V8723 dresses. For instance Spatastic’s yellow version is cute but not my colour and it’s good to know where she had problems. Jorth’s spotty …
Today I wore a stripey little top that I’d cooked up a few nights ago. It was supposed to be a dress but when I washed the fabric the black stripes bled into the other stripes in places and I ended up with less than a metre to work with. Chuh! Least it was only …