Cherry Blossom Dress Sewalong Stage 2: Drafting the Bodice and Cutting Out Welcome to the 2nd stage of the Cherry Blossom Dress sewalong! Today we're going to be drafting the pattern pieces for the bodice and cutting it out. The bodice for the Cherry Blossom Dress is made from 2 pieces, the front and the back. Drafting the front will take a little bit of time, but that's most of the work. Once it's done, we'll use it as a template for ... Read the Post...
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DIY Circle Skirt From a Duvet Cover
DIY Circle Skirt From a Duvet Cover Circle skirts are fab. They're easy to make, lovely to wear and they suit most people, whatever shape or size you are. One tiny little problem is that they take quite a lot of fabric, probably 3-4 metres depending on your dimensions. This can end up being expensive. Anย alternative option is to use a gently used (or new and unused!) duvet cover. A double duvet coverย has plenty of fabric for making a ... Read the Post...
DIY Reusable Bags For Bread and Veg
DIY Reusable Bags For Bread and Veg I'm not one for making New Year's resolutions, but one of the things I want to do this year is cut down on the amount of plastic we use. I don't think anybody who heard that plastic has been found in the Mariana Trench wasn't shocked (I know about the Mariana Trench thanks to Octonauts!). And the amount of plastic washed up on beaches is awful. Since the law changed in England in 2015, making it illegal ... Read the Post...
Negative Space Embroidery Clasp Purse
Negative Space Embroidery Clasp Purse Negative space embroidery is a fun way to create letters and other simple shapes. Instead of embroidering the letter or the shape, you embroider the space around it. You can do this on all kinds of things (I've seen lovely embroidery hoop art things on Pinterest). I chose to do this to a little purse. I used the first letter of my name, but you could do anything, as long as it's a simple shape! French ... Read the Post...