In April, Phil and I spent a week on holiday in Seoul. My latest vlog contains a few clips from the holiday: sightseeing, plus fabric shopping in Dongdaemun and Gwangjang Markets. It also features a few me-made garments which I wore regularly during the trip; my Tilly & the Buttons […]
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The Sewing Weekender will be returning for a second year! What: A sewing weekend break in Cambridge, sponsored by (Birmingham-based) Adam Ross Fabrics. When: Saturday 05th – Sunday 06th August 2017 Our venue, Murray Edwards College in Cambridge, will be transformed into a sewing room for the weekend; bring along a
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Back in March, I attended the #fmbham sewing meet-up in Birmingham City Centre, organised by Samantha and Bianca. It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally vlogged a few clips of the day, plus what I bought! You can view the vlog here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pSBwykLmY4]
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Long time no see, guys! I’ve been finding slightly less time to sew and knit lately, but even less to blog. I’m off on holiday to Seoul and Tokyo next week, and have a few recent projects to photograph, so no doubt I’ll have a few garments (and probably some
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After James, my brother, announced his wedding, he asked if I would be willing to make him a three-piece suit to wear on the day, to which I – of course – said no! What I was willing to make, however, was a matching jacket for his dog, Rupert. James
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This garment is a good example of how my pattern queue often works. I purchased the Closet Case Patterns Sallie Jumpsuit pattern on release, and picked up this medium-weight knit fabric from the Goldhawk Road (which is more green in real life) not long after. Despite having pattern and fabric paired ready
Contrado are a London-based company who offer fabric printing on demand. I talk about my experience designing and printing a fabric with them in my latest vlog, which you can view here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ153zMpK60&w=560&h=315] As mentioned in the vlog, my design was inspired by a comic-print, black and white Prada
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So here’s a dress that was long in the planning! Two years ago, my brother James announced his wedding. Not long before that, McCall’s had released M7154, a 1930s reproduction pattern. I loved M7154 on release and when the wedding was announced thought it was the perfect excuse to try the pattern. Despite
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I have an article in the current issue of Sewing World Magazine, exploring the sewing community and how to get involved. The full article includes practical tips for participating in the sewing community, but I thought I would share the introductory paragraphs here, which explore my own feelings about being part
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Back in November, Phil and I spent a week in Istanbul. I filmed some footage of our holiday, which you can see in my latest vlog: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQa6JfPoxCU&w=560&h=315] As mentioned in the vlog, I used to travel regularly to Istanbul for work, but never had much success fabric shopping. I’d
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