Category: Sewing
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Ebony Swing Dress
This time of year I think it’s really important to have clothes that are comfortable and easy to move in and this dress meets that brief perfectly. It is the Ebony Dress from Closet Core patterns, made with a gorgeous ITY Silky Stretch knit gifted to me by Minerva. The fabric is a medium weight…
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It’s a wrap
This seems to be a post of firsts! My first project using fabric gifted to me by Minerva as part of their Ambassador programme and my first time making a wrap dress. The fabric is a medium weight viscose jersey with a good amount of stretch and is incredibly soft and feels really luxurious. It…
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Second Sewing Bee Buffett Dress
I’ve finally finished my second sewing bee buffet dress and I’m so happy. This dress is everything I hoped it would be, comfortable to wear and looks good too. The flow of the gathers makes it flattering when seated and the billowing sleeves also add interest. The fabric that I purchased from Minerva was an…
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Sewing Bee Buffet Dress
Ever since I watched Sewing Bee this year I have been promising myself a buffet style dress, (perfect for the wheelchair as there is plenty of room in the waist). However as summer has now well and truly come and gone, I was concerned I missed my chance; l’m now aiming more for the Christmas…
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Another brightening top
Still embracing my winter brightening theme, this is the third of my jersey tops using Vogue pattern V9057, again using an Art Gallery fabric. This time I didn’t use an interlock out of my stash to join it, but instead opted for a gorgeous ochre jersey from Minerva fabrics.These are not colours that I would…
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2nd Jersey top
This is my second jersey top for brightening my winter days. I have been in love with this Art Gallery fabric, ever since I first saw it called Serein BranchletI again used Vogue pattern V9057, but this time opted for view E. My husband and I spent a long time deliberately over whether the sleeves…
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Brighten a dull day
So here is the very first make that I’m sharing on my blog.I’m excited and nervous in equal measures to be sharing my makes with you, so please be kind when passing judgement.As Autumn is definitely upon us, (with winter close on it’s heels) I was yearning for some colour in my life to brighten…
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My very first blogpost.
So here it is, my very first blogpost. To say I’m a little nervous writing this is an understatement. I’m definitely completely out of my comfort zone and then some, but now I have committed to sharing my sewing makes online it seemed the next logical step. I hope to be as honest with you…
