A journey towards sustainable sewing
I think we are all hoping for a better year in 2021 aren't we? Although it looks like things aren't changing anytime soon I hope by the end of this year we will all be in a much better place mentally. I am going to try and pretend that the world is normal-ish and am…
This is the second part of my One Year Sewn series where I go back and look at makes I made a year ago and see if they are washing and wearing well. I hope to make my clothes last and so I am using this as a useful exercise in examining why things maybe…
If you follow me on social media you might have seen that I had a rather lovely sewcial weekend last weekend! I was extremely lucky to win tickets to the British Wool show in an Instagram giveaway from Botanical Yarn. So on Friday last week I spent the day walking round lots of inspiring stalls,…
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…
It was this handsome man's 31st birthday this week, and amongst other things, I gave him this t shirt I made for him. It is the Strathcona Henley pattern and I made it as this month's Minerva Crafts Blogger Network make. It has got me thinking about sewing for other's more though. I got great…
Did you know that the collective noun for swans in flight is a wedge of swans? I absolutely love learning funny/interesting collective nouns like a parliament of owls and a cauldron of bats. Do you have any favourites? I love silly facts like that and I even think that the folds of the Kielo dress…
Continue reading ➞ A Wedge of Swans: Named Clothing Kielo Dress
Almost a year ago I researched and compiled a huge list of free PDF patterns from Indie pattern companies. I thought it was time to update this list, delete some links to patterns no longer available, and most importantly - add a load of new ones! If you have a favourite that isn't in this…
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…
If you have been following this blog for a while you may have seen me mention some fabric scraps I bought from my favourite RTW brand at the end of last year. Once a year, Palava (the only RTW brand I still buy!) sell off some of their fabric scraps in an effort to stick…
