Last time, I reposted a tutorial I wrote back in 2015 for a skirt with godets. I have plans to develop this into something else, but first I wanted to have a go at remaking the skirt using the original instructions. The skirt I made back then is…
I love my circle skirts, but it’s nice to have some variety. A line skirts are also quite easy to make from your own measurements. And like the circle skirt, once you have the pattern piece, you can adapt it to make skirts of different lengths and even…
Easy Tulle Circle Skirt One of the nice things about getting older is that I’m so much comfier in my own skin. I’m also much comfier in things I Iike wearing. I know what I like and I’m not bothered about what other people think! Being in the…
DIY Tulle Skirt With a Hanky Hem I’d been considering making or buying a tulle skirt for a while. The thing that was putting me off was the idea that I am perhaps a little on the old side to go galumphing through the Norfolk countryside like an…
How to Sew a Reversible Wrap Skirt In my quest for a neat and tidy house, I have realised that the best way to achieve this is to have less stuff. With 6 of us in a small house, this is not easy! But I know that there…
As a little girl, I used to enjoy rummaging through my mum’s blanket box full of left over fabric and the cubby of her sewing machine where she kept other bits and bobs. I can remember finding masses of bias binding, wondering what on earth it was for…