A journey towards sustainable sewing
AAAAaaages ago I was sent a Metric French Curve to review by Minerva Crafts. I completely forgot to post about it on here but there has been lots of discussion recently online about measurements/size and making adjustments to fit our bodies. I hadn't used a French Curve before - I have always just freehand drawn…
I requested some of this beautiful Lady McElroy floral cotton poplin from Minerva Crafts as for my January Blogger Network post. I absolutely love the print but I didn’t realise the flowers on it are MASSIVE! When the fabric arrived I was a bit worried that I had ordered it with plans to make a…
I'm sure you will have seen a while ago that I was a pattern tester for Selkie's first pattern - the London blouse, skirt and dress. I chose to test the dress version and I blogged about it here. I definitely wasn't finished with that pattern and when I decided my wardrobe was missing a…
I actually decided on my 2019 make nine plans a few weeks ago and have actually made a start on my makes already, but it's taken me a few weeks to actually get my thoughts down into a blog post. Am I a bit crazy to be attempting another make nine? I wrote a #2018makenine…
Happy New Year! It's been one year since I clicked 'Publish' on this, my little corner of the internet and I have lots of thoughts on how that year has gone. I won't go into the epic saga of my not succeeding to move house in 2018, instead I want to look at my sewing/sustainability…
