Last Saturday I attended a sewing meet-up in London for the first time. I was one of 71 sewists taking part in the amazing meet-up arranged by Rachel. We took over the V&A, and then took over the Goldhawk Road! Before the meet-up I was paired with the lovely Ingrid for the name-tag swap. Ingrid made me […]
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I came down with a cold on Sunday so am a bit behind with the round up of last week’s Me Made May outfits. Week 3 included a couple of very exciting sewing-related events – attending a book signing for Love at First Stitch, and the #NYlon2014 meet-up. 12/05: Burda Waterfall Top to the office
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I’ve blogged about this dress previously but didn’t get any decent photos so thought it was worth another post. This was actually the first item of clothing I made, with the exception of the few things I made during Textiles class at school (I remember an awful fleece hat in particular…). I didn’t make things easy
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I’m pleased to be able to report that I actually have more me-made clothes than I realised. I completed a second week wearing one hand-made item every day (but mixing them with RTW as I still don’t have enough for a full wardrobe) without any repeats. On to week 3! 05/05: PJs (Sorbetto Top & trousers
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Yippee it’s finally launch day for Love at First Stitch, Tilly Walnes‘ first book (I’m sure there will be more). I’ve actually had the book since last weekend and have made a start on a Mimi blouse – to be blogged soon. This is my Brigitte Scarf to celebrate the launch. It’s made in a
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This is my first year participating in Me Made May. Last May I only had a couple of handmade clothing items in my wardrobe so it wasn’t feasible to take part. It shows how much I’ve sewn in the last year that I felt pretty comfortable committing to wear one handmade item each day this
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Me and Phil recently spent a week in Paris. I’ve been travelling quite a bit for work lately so it was lovely to travel for pleasure instead:) While there we visited some sites we hadn’t explored on our previous trips. Unsurprisingly Paris has a number of fashion museums, and we managed to visit two of these
I’m currently on holiday in Paris (Yippee!), but before I left I managed to complete a name tag for the London meet-up taking place on May 17th. Mine is for Ingrid at We the Sewing. Here’s a sneak peek. I don’t want to totally ruin the surprise when Ingrid receives it in the mail.
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Just a quick update to note that the winner of the Geek Chic Panda Sewing Kit (selected using the Random.com number generator) is machinegunmama. Congrats! I’ll be in touch.
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I sacrificed a lie-in this morning to get up nice and early and start sewing. I call that dedication after a long week at work! I wanted to get started on an Afternoon Blouse, the new (and first) pattern by Jennifer Lauren. I love Jennifer’s style (I’ve been planning to copy these trousers since she
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