Hello all! As I write it’s a cold but bright Friday here in Yorkshire. I have plans to celebrate my anniversary this weekend (delayed since the summer, thanks Covid) and hosting a live stream sewalong on Instagram this Sunday for Simplicity. I’m making a S9240 sweatshirt live!! I need to ease myself back into live …
Briar rose McCall’s 6891 shirtdress
Hello everyone! Here’s a cheer to the weekend!! I actually had a nice short week as I took Monday and Tuesday off work to have a super long weekend. With my in laws staying Saturday and Sunday, it was nice to have the extra two days so myself. On Monday I pottered around sewing and …
McCall’s 6891 chambray shirtdress
Hello all! I’ve recovered from my extremely busy December and am back with a finished make for myself. This dress was a rather spontaneous make as I was lucky enough to try on a finished version we had in the office! This meant I quickly worked out the couple of tiny adjustments I’d need to …
Vintage French Joan-ish
Hello hello! Is everyone surviving the week? Are you taking part in Amanda’s awesome #bpsewvember on Instagram? Go on and tag yourself on my IG feed if we’re not a already friends as I’d love to see all your snaps. I have a fun dress to share today as it’s a Sew Over It pattern love child! …
Sewbrum 2016
Hello lovely ladies and gents I’m writing this post on my journey home from Birmingham after an epic day in the company of 100 stylish sewists. Last night involved lots of curry and champers as we celebrated our engagement with some close friends and like an idiot I stayed up later than expected. My bus was …
Vintage shirt dress number 3
I can’t help myself with this pattern, plus I have so many more versions planned! In case it wasn’t obvious, this is the Vintage Shirtdress from Sew Over It aka the Ultimate Shirtdress in my mind. I wanted to try the pattern in viscose this time and felt I knew enough about the pattern to …