Tips For Sewing a Winter Dress From a Summer Pattern When you find a pattern you like, do you make lots of versions of it in different fabrics? It's taken me a while to find my comfy spot clothes wise, but now I've found it, I have lots of vintage style things in my wardrobe that I love to wear! The Cherry Blossom Dress that I used for the sewalong in the summer is the pattern I've used as a starting point. I currently have 4 versions ... Read the Post...
DIY Winter Dress Tutorial
DIY Winter Dress Tutorial It always makes me a little bit sad at the end of the summer when I have to put away my pretty dresses and dig out my dreary, sensible winter things instead. This year has been a good year for the pretty dresses. Not only did I manage to make 4 dresses and 2 skirts, it's actually been warm enough to wear them. So wear them I did. Lots. I spent most of the summer galumphing around my little corner of Norfolk ... Read the Post...
Halter Neck Dress Without a Pattern: Sewing the Dress
Halter Neck Dress Without a Pattern: Sewing the Dress This post is a little bit overdue! Back in the summer when the weather was warm (sigh!) I made this. I'd seen a dress on Pinterest that I rather liked. Actually I saw dozens I liked, but this was the one I decided to have a go at making! My vintage style dresses turned out very well, so I decided to use the same style and a similar method to make a halter neck dress. I'd never ... Read the Post...
Christmas Embroidery Project With a Free Pattern!
Christmas Embroidery Project Although I love Christmas and making things for Christmas, over the last few years I've given up on the idea of making masses of stuff specifically for Christmas. It's just too busy! And it has a habit of sneaking up on me. I know the date never changes, but by the time the Season of Birthdays is over (my boys' birthdays are all in the autumn, in the space of 2 months!), we're halfway through November. By the ... Read the Post...
