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 …
Absolutely Loverly
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 …
The Bermuda Triangles Top
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 …
Ladybird Likes Winner!
Congratulations to Winnie of Scruffy Badger who has won the Ladybird Likes giveaway!!! I can’t wait to see which brooch Winnie picks. Thanks to everyone for entering. Sad you didn’t win? Maybe cheer yourself up with a treat from Zoe’s shop anyway? Hope you’ve all had wonderful weekends. I’ll be back during the week to …
Sewing with Minerva Fabrics – New Look 6069
Recently Minerva Fabrics asked if I’d like to review some items from their site and I figured why the heck not. I have used the site before with good results but bad experiences elsewhere put me off Internet fabric shopping for a while. Minerva sent me a pattern (New Look 6069), the required fabric of …
Daniel Vosovic’s Fashion Inside Out
Here is my review of a seriously cool book. Daniel Vosovic’s Fashion Inside Out. Subtitled Daniel V’s Guide to How Style Happens from Inspiration to Runway and Beyond. Daniel Vosovic is best known as the runner up from Project Runway season 2. He won the most challenges that season and presented a beautiful fashion week collection …