I recently had the opportunity to pattern test the Sudley blouse/dress pattern for Megan Nielsen (test version blogged here). As soon as I finished my test version (in a cotton lawn), I decided I wanted to make the pattern again in a drapier fabric. I picked up this gold knit fabric […]
I’m very excited to finally announce what Rachel and Kate from The Fold Line, and I, have been up to for the last few weeks. We are hosting a UK sewing holiday, a weekend break which will take place in Cambridge during August 2016. Full information about the event, including ticket sales,
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I’ve got a Seamwork pairing to show today. These are the Kenedy dress and Manila leggings, both patterns from Seamwork magazine. The Manila leggings were included in the January 2015 issue and I’ve been meaning to make them since then – better late than never! I was much quicker with the
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My dye plant seeds are sprouting! As part of my #naturallydyedwardrobe project, I wanted to share some favourite online resources about natural dyeing: Folk Fibers – I love both the beautiful naturally dyed products, and the blog posts about natural dyeing (use the search bar and keywords ‘natural dye’ to locate
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Woo hoo, The Great British Sewing Bee is back for series four! I won’t ask if you’re excited; I was on Twitter yesterday and my feed was full of GBSB chat:) I hope international friends get to watch it too (p.s. when I used to travel for work, I watched on iplayer
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Ancient Egyptian Dress at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston As previously mentioned, while visiting New York and Boston in March, Phil and I managed to visit a number of textile-related exhibitions. When I visit a new city, I always check for local fashion and textile exhibitions and put them near
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I was hoping to work on a few sewing projects this weekend, but haven’t been feeling very well (just a bug) so have actually spent most of the time asleep or watching Star Trek. I’m hoping to get to a comedy show this evening, and in the meantime I thought I’d
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Woad Seeds I’ve written a short post for The Fold Line blog today on natural dyeing. It reminded me that I haven’t blogged about my #naturallydyedwardrobe project lately. I have done less natural dyeing recently, it’s not as tempting in the winter – even though there are still plenty of available
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View this post on Instagram Happy #mmmay16 everyone! I'm currently exploring #highgatecemetery wearing my @marillawalker #robertscollection in floral denim from #sewbox & an ethically made woven scarf made in Ethiopia from @wowsancho A post shared by Charlotte Powell (@englishgirlathome) on May 1, 2016 at 6:28am PDT Happy Me-Made-May, I
I was delighted to be asked to participate as a blogger in the Big Vintage Sew-along, hosted by the McCall Pattern Company. As part of a year-long event, 20 patterns have been selected from the Vintage Vogue, Retro Butterick and McCalls Archive pattern lines. Proceeds from the sales of those 20
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