Feb 04
You may have seen the evening dresses I have made for the RAFAC dining-in evenings. Well the staff at some of these wear co-ordinated bow ties to match their squadron colours. I thought how hard can this be…. and borrowed one from our OC that he wears to another squadron’s dinners. We decided on colours …
Feb 04
I am not normally a Halloween person. But… one of our favourite indian restaurants was putting on a Halloween night so we thought we would go along for fun. Then realised it was fancy dress, and had to make an effort! I wanted something different that you couldn’t buy in a shop! And as I …
Feb 04
Is there anything better, as a sewer (now, as I type that, I see why people call themselves sewists), than being told by your granddaughter when you arrive, that there is a fabric shop in town and she wants a new dress?? Here she is with her Auntie (who isn’t quite as keen on me …
Feb 04
I based this pattern on the men’s shirts I have made. I wanted to add a large pleat in the back to add volume (similar to a purchased blouse I have), and longer at the back than the front, and with pockets! The chilli shirt I made for Robin fitted me, so I started from …
Feb 02
I stumbled across this bucket hat suggestion online. My version deliberately has rough seams on the outside, and so not strictly reversible as doesn’t sit well the other way, due to the visible seams on the denim. I think some of this inspiration probably came from Raph’s denim dress in the GBSB. I can’t find …
Feb 02
July 2021 Inspired by Damien’s jacket in the Great British Sewing Bee. If I am honest this wasn’t my favourite jacket from that round of GBSB. However, my son really liked it, and was actually very enthusiastic for me to make it for him. He even offered to come fabric shopping with me. I think …
Feb 01
April 2021 I happened to be in Abakhan again (I know how does that happen?)… and found some more of the chilli fabric that I had made shirts for Paul and Robin out of. I had a silly thought to make matching ones for myself and Milly!! Milly was having nothing to do with us …
Apr 05
A quick version of New Look 6435 again, same as the Robin dress done at Christmas, but this time I remembered to add pockets!! Cut out Thursday night, and sewn in about 4 hours on Friday – and ready to wear 🙂
Apr 05
I started planning this when I had finished my previous patchwork quilt. I have bought the jelly roll at the same time, and love the colours, but wasn’t sure the best way to use them. I googled jelly roll quilts and came across a zig zag patchwork image that I found quite striking, and decided …
Feb 09
Paul has been asking me for some new cushions for our bed for a while. I really loved the colours and effect of the simple patchwork quilt, so thought I would make some to match. Cue a long search on line to try and find the same jelly roll that I had used for the …
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