I sewed this in the few days after new year before returning to normality. I was feeling pensive about our move to York being exactly one year ago and thought making the York pinafore would be a nice way to celebrate the anniversary. I also thought it would be a really nice simple project to…
Tag: Fabric
Hinterland Dress Ruffle Hack
I am not usually much of a pattern hacker. I love really getting immersed in a pattern and giving it my complete focus. I find it so therapeutic following the flow of a pattern and like all the steps being laid out for me so I can just follow them. Pattern hacking is an extra…
Chalk and Notch Fringe Dress Fiasco!
click here Oh man, this fabric and I have been through the ringer! I actually cut out pieces of another pattern before I realised it wasn't going to fit me!! Fortunately, the Chalk and Notch Fringe Dress came to my rescue and I LOVE the finished dress! For all the grizzly details in the disaster…
We were looking for leafy…
Anyone get the quote from the title? I can't stop saying it whenever I wear this dress! Anyway, as I've mentioned before, there's no point writing a whole blog post for my blog when I do one of these reviews as I don't have any more to say than I have already said (and WHO…
Octopus’ Garden
Hello! Another quick post today to say I've written a whole blog post about this Simplicity pattern. I got this super cute Octopus jersey from Minerva Crafts and wrote a blog post for them which you can read here! Hope you've all had a great week! Disclaimer: ⭐️Fabric was provided free of charge in exchange…
Metamorphic Dress in Disneyland!
I went to Disneyland Paris! I was so excited to go - I've never been before! We went for one day and I had just the best time. Of course, I had to wear handmade so I chose to wear something comfortable so I could spend all day on my feet and feel cool and…
Heyday Heyday Dungarees!
I just wanted to pop on ye olde blog quickly to signpost you to this month's Minerva Blogger Network post. I made these green Heyday Dungarees with button hack and I am really happy with them. If you want to read the full blog post you can read all about it here. I will be…
Sew Easy Sashiko Kit
Hello! Long time no read! I've had a very busy May and haven't known whether I was coming or going! I am back from holidaying in France, weekends away and general Me Made May madness and feeling soo inspired to crack on with some fun makes! I didn't take my sewing machine with me all…
Perfect Pippi Pinafore!
I'm so excited to finally share this pinafore with you. I've been wearing it LOADS! It goes with loads of stuff in my wardrobe and I've been wearing it constantly, layered up on cold days and like this on warm days. It is, of course, the Pippi Pinafore from Jennifer Lauren. I absolutely fell in…
Camden Skirt and Pattern Testing
It seems strange to be writing about pattern testing the Camden Skirt when the pattern has been out for months but it's been a bit of a winding road for me and this pattern! I don't do a lot of pattern testing, it is often on a very short timeline and I don't enjoy sewing…
