Last weekend was the Paris Sewcial / Paris Coud meet-up, organised by myself and Carmen Bouchard. Back in 2014, I attended a Paris meet-up organised by Carmen, and this January I decided it was time for another large meet-up in Paris. Carmen agreed to organise it with me and took on the tasks […]
Last weekend Phil and I had tickets to see two exhibitions at the V&A, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams and Mary Quant. We decided to make a weekend away of it, and spent the rest of the time having a look in the shops, and generally mooching around London. When
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I originally made, and blogged, this dress (The Maker’s Atelier Asymmetric Gather Dress) a year ago, but I was never happy with the fit on me. Apart from a couple of trial outings, this dress hung on my wardrobe door for a year waiting to be altered. After that long
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For the first Dressmakers’ Ball, organised by the team at Crafty Sew & So in Leicester, back in 2017, I left making my dress until the very last minute and ended up sewing a knit dress the night before the ball. This year I was determined to be organised, and
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It’s taken me a few months, but I finally found time this weekend to film a vlog. I’m sharing what I’ve been up to during the last couple of months, including books, pill box hats and meet-ups. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKZoS8Fm4rc&w=560&h=315]
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Today I took some time out of the office to attend a student-led fashion conference on campus (I work at a University). Sustainability was a focus for many of the speakers and I came away with some ideas of what I could make to commemorate this year’s Fashion Revolution Week
Having done very little knitting last year after a couple of dissatisfying projects, I had a really productive few months over Christmas and into the start of the new year. One of the projects I completed was this Trail Jacket, by Hannah Fettig (Knitbot). I finished it shortly before leaving
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The SewBrum meet-up will be returning for a sixth year on Saturday 05th October 2019. SewBrum is a free-to-attend meet-up of people who love to sew in Birmingham, UK. Everyone is welcome. Sign-up is now open (to give us an idea of numbers): Sign Up Here As in previous years,
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Karen Ball’s book, The Little Book of Sewing, is released on 04 April. I was lucky enough to receive a pre-release PDF copy via a call-out in her newsletter. It might be a little book but it feels substantial. I read Karen’s book over a few very enjoyable sittings, and
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A few months ago, a vintage fashion Instagrammer I follow posted a picture of herself in a ear warmer she had made and I decided I had to have one. I made a search on Ravelry (ear warmer? head warmer? headband?) and managed to stumble on a free pattern by
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