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Painty Mila Dungarees

January 24, 2019

Tilly and the Buttons Mila Dungarees in a painty style floral cotton sateen fabric. With tips on how to work between the lines to get a great fit.

Hashtag the year away…

January 4, 2019

Happy New Year! I wanted to take a moment to shout out a few hashtag projects that I found during last year that I am super excited to (hopefully) take part in this year. #makenine This has been going

Scuba Bodycon

December 28, 2018

Aztec printed scuba fabric in a bodycon dress style. Mccalls Pattern 6886

The Mullet of the Jacket world

December 8, 2018

I know fancy dress opportunities fill a lot of people with dread but I’m one of those people that absolutely love them. The opportunity to get creative and craft something is one I really enjoy, and that is how the

A Coat to Stand Out in

November 22, 2018

A water resistant coated polyester tweed fabric into a fabulous coat with Butterick pattern 6385

Crazy Christmas Jammies Part 2

November 7, 2018

Bonkers Christmas Jersey fabric but this time self draft a pattern for leggings for an adult.

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Part 6 of sewing this suit for a wedding and it's the season finale!
I'm honestly so proud of this suit and I appreciate it may not be everyone's cup of tea but I'm excited to style each of these pieces separately now too the real joy in an outfit of separates.

The jacket pattern I'm using is Butterick 6862 and this fabulous green and pink satin is from Fabric Godmother and the lining is from Minerva.com

Part 6 of sewing this suit for a wedding and it's the season finale!
I'm honestly so proud of this suit and I appreciate it may not be everyone's cup of tea but I'm excited to style each of these pieces separately now too the real joy in an outfit of separates.

The jacket pattern I'm using is Butterick 6862 and this fabulous green and pink satin is from Fabric Godmother and the lining is from Minerva.com

This year (2024) I took on the Crochet Society Advent Calendar, and it really was such a lot of fun.
My best bit was being able to do it along side my mum and share messages with her each day on how we were getting on.

Day 5 and it' was the last day I had available to sew before the wedding so I really had no choice but to get this done.
Lots of finishing bits to do like hemming and playing around with shoulder pads.

The jacket pattern I'm using is Butterick 6862 and this fabulous green and pink satin is from Fabric Godmother and the lining is from Minerva.com

Day 4, part B.
This was my last full sewing day in the studio between now and the wedding, I'll find odd hours here or there though to finish the hemming etc off though (I hope).
So satisfying to have whipped these up, just need to figure out my shoes so I can hem them and do all the finishing bits on the jacket!

The jacket pattern I'm using is Butterick 6862 and this fabulous green and pink satin is from Fabric Godmother and the lining is from Minerva.com

Day 4 and we've moved on to working on the trousers for this pant suit.
It's a self drafted pattern, full palazzo so wonderfully wide legs.
Apologies this has rolled into 2 parts I underestimated my ability to natter.

The jacket pattern I'm using is Butterick 6862 and this fabulous green and pink satin is from Fabric Godmother and the lining is from Minerva.com

Day 3 has had to be split into 2 parts because I pulled too many hours at the machine, so this is part b from today.

Such a satisfying point to have reached by the end of this sewing session with all the bits together in one piece.

The jacket pattern I'm using is Butterick 6862 and this fabulous green and pink satin is from Fabric Godmother and the lining is from Minerva.com

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It's advent calendar season, I've gone for the one

It's advent calendar season, I've gone for the one from the @crochet_society this year, who else is working on this and if you aren't what have you gone for?

Trying to get my tension right was the biggest challenge on this first bit but I figured it'd be worth getting it right as the rest of the blanket will be setup from here so I am glad I went back and loosened it up.
I'm just hoping I can keep up with it each day.
I won't be sharing daily updates, I don't think I could keep up but I'll share the finished blanket at the end.

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The very much requested ReUsable Christmas Cracker

The very much requested ReUsable Christmas Crackers Tutorial.
If you'd rather a full written version I have it available for purchase on my website or Etsy.

I hope you love these as much as I do, I have spent a lot of time trying to get them just right so they have enough space for lovely treats but still really functional.
You could add a cracker snap inside too for a fully authentic experience.

The dimensions of the pieces you need are
Heavy Fusible interfacing: 1 piece at 18x18cm and 2 pieces at 17x6cm.
Fabric: 1 piece that's 20x40cm and 2 pieces at 19x32cm.
Velcro: 2cm wide. 1 side cut to 18cm, the other side cut to 17cm and then slice both down the middle vertically to give you 2 pieces.
Ribbon: 2 pieces 30cm long.

I got my Christmas Cracker Joke as a free printable from Pillar Box Blue.

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Invisible mending to save the winter wear when it

Invisible mending to save the winter wear when it comes out of storage with moth holes.

The real trick here is a good colour match, tiny stitches and less is more here, too much stitching will lead to a bulky repair.

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I finally finished my summer project... The croche

I finally finished my summer project... The crochet sunflower granny square cardigan.

For details on how I made the squares that's in an earlier video.

This has been such a labour of love and although I've been crocheting for years it is one of the first garments I've done and flaws and all I'm super proud of it.

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FPP or Foundation Paper Piecing is one of my favou

FPP or Foundation Paper Piecing is one of my favourite scrap buster and I have enjoyed making many a quilt top this way.

I would love all these trees lined up to make a table runner for the festive season, how cute would that look!

If you've never come across it or been too scared to try let this be your push to give it a go. I have a few patterns on my website/Etsy shop but there are so many wonderful FPP designers out there so give it a search on Etsy.

I also run this as a workshop from @sewcreative_petersfield if you love some hands on assistance with learning to sew and picking up new tips/techniques.

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If you haven't watched "Measuring yourself" head t

If you haven't watched "Measuring yourself" head to that video first because in this video we are taking those measurements and using them to help us choose the right size from the pattern.

This is a woven fabric pattern, the wearing ease for stretchy garments is different but because of the stretch the sizing is a lot more flexible.

Please note this is a beginner look at sizing, there are so many ways to make this even more personalised but for those just starting out this is the way to look at it and always the best way to start.

Some patterns won't have a full chart with the finished measurements there but they should be noted somewhere in the instructions/envelope/pattern pieces.

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