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Rocking the 1930s
As soon as Megan Nielsen released the Flint trousers I bought them. I just loved the style and the details and I had to have them!I'd never actually made one of Megan's main patterns, although I have...
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Me Made May Days 1-10
I contemplated not blogging about Me-made-May this year as I'm doing daily photos on instagram but then I realised that even if no one else reads these posts as they are repetitive, I love having my...
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Me-made-may final round up
So having sworn that I was going to document me-made-may on the blog, May rather got the better of me. I did take photos (mainly) which I put on instagram, so here a little late is my round up! Day...
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A vintage outfit!
A couple of months ago the lovely ladies at SewCrafty asked if I'd do a hack of their shift dress pattern and sent me some gorgeous materials to do it with. However my version did not work at all so I...
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A long time in the making!
Today I have two projects to share that have been a really long time in the making. The first up is a Sew Over it Vintage Shirt dress which is my latest Sew Crafty Design team project. However, I...
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Another shirt dress. Testing the Mayberry.
In my seriously sporadic blog posting I'm back, to bring you another shirtdress! Shirtdresses have been EVERYWHERE in the sewing world this summer. I guess it's partly been fuelled by...
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Being a fangirl
Sometimes I feel like this blog is basically becoming the place where I express my love for Sew Over It patterns. Some days I feel like I should mix it up but, I warn you, today is not going to be one...
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The year of the sleeve
I love the funky sleeves that are everywhere this year and finally hopped on the bandwagon. I used the Sew over it Ultimate shift dress pattern as a base. This pattern is a great base for hacking and...
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And it's a wrap!
And with that incredibly unoriginal title, today I have a Sew Over Itultimate wrap dress to show you. I was given this pattern, along with the vintage shirt dress for Christmas 2015 and I really don't...
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Getting my sewjo back
Hi anyone who is still reading these pages, its been a long time since I had anything to say here. I’ve had a fairly insane 6 months or so, I finished my doctorate, went travelling (to Japan, I may...
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Transitional sewing
I’m back with my second blog post in as many weeks, I might almost be getting back into the swing of this making and blogging lark. Today’s make is yet another Sew Over It pattern, my fan girl status...
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Me Made May 2018
Hi Guys, this post is all about my Me-Made-May pledge, apologies if you’re here for the photos of my makes as todays post is pretty word heavy! I love Me-Made-May, it is one of the few challenges in...
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Me made may 2018, days 1-8
I realised over the last few months that my me made May posts are the posts that I refer to the most on my blog. I think as I post fewer of my makes, it’s nice to have some document of what I’ve made...
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Me Made May 18 days 9-16
This is the week where inevitably the standard of my photos start to slip! Also as I was on holiday, doing some hiking, the limited glamour becomes even more limited! On that upbeat note! What have...
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Me Made May Days 17-31 and reflections
Me Made May is the sewing challenge I love the most but I'm always glad when it’s over. I get so sick of taking photos. I know Zoe explicitly states the photos are not obligatory but I love having that...
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Time passes so much faster than you think!
It feels like today’s make should have happened so much earlier than it did. I love my first Sallie jumpsuit and wear it a lot and each time I wear it I think it’s time to make a new one and yet it’s...
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When things don’t work out the way you planned
Todays makes were ‘made’ a couple of months ago but somehow took another couple to actually feel properly wearable and be photographed. However, you're getting a bumper set of makes! For this Sew...
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Starting to feel a bit put together
Today I have another double act for you, however this one worked out just as I planned. Another pair of Sew over itultimate trousers and a Schnittchen patternsCoco jacket. The jacket was a new make for...
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Expressing my love for the African wax print
Today I have a very colourful dress to show you. This is my fourth African wax print dress and each time I wear the others I swear that I'm going another as they make me so happy. I feel like they...
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Sweet as honey
I really loved the honeycomb shirt and dress by Ana from Cocowawa when it was released but I attempted to resist buying it as my sewing output has reduced and I’m so I’m attempting (and failing) to...
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Last of summer sewing
I took these pictures on a recent trip to Hong Kong where my clothes were totally weather appropriate but now I’m back in the UK they feel totally out of sync with the weather and the autumnal sewing...
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An oldie but a goodie
With this make I've returned to an old pattern that was everywhere in the blogosphere at one point and I've already made several versions of, a couple of versions here and here. It is of course the By...
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Around the world
It's Indie pattern month over on the monthly stitch, which is one of my favourite sewing events of the year as I always discover new patterns and designers and see great adaptations of patterns. This...
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A very special Anna
Today’s dress is a bit special to me for a number of reasons. Firstly I made it to wear to the wedding of a my good friend, Katie and it was lovely to have a special dress to celebrate her special day...
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New year reflections
I have been a little bit absent from the blog of late and as the end of 2018 approached and I was reviewing what I had done this year, I realised how little I had documented either here or on Instagram...
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