So I have officially gone with a new name. When I started this blog I wanted the angle of it to be all about saving money with sewing, however I’ve quickly come to realise that cheap fabric is cheap for a reason, and often when I sew with cheaper materials I take less care. I’ll always love a bargain and I’ll find ways to save wherever I can, it’s just how my brain is wired, but I want to create high quality, well made items, so I’m changing the stance of this blog to reflect this.
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Sew Out of This World: My Starburst Sew Over It Vintage Shirt Dress
It’s Sew Out of This World day! May the 4th be with you!
In a previous blog post I wrote about this new sewing challenge from Sew Loco and I was so happy to be team captain for Challenge 3, Stargazer, which invited everyone to create a space-inspired garment, and here’s mine! Continue reading “Sew Out of This World: My Starburst Sew Over It Vintage Shirt Dress”
#SewOutOfThisWorld – Inspiration
Sew Out Of This World is a new sewing challenge from Sewloco inviting sewists to take on one (or more!) of three categories:
- To Infinity and Beyond
- Tackling UFOs
- Stargazer
I’m so excited to have been asked to be the captain of the Stargazer category, so in this blog post I’m looking at couture, the high street and intergalactic films to give some ideas and inspiration for ways to approach the trend – it’s not all star prints and silver lamé… Continue reading “#SewOutOfThisWorld – Inspiration”
Tilly and the Buttons’ Mila and Agnes – a match made in heaven
It’s always exciting news when you hear one of your favourite indie pattern designers is releasing a new pattern, so I couldn’t wait to get started when Sewloco asked me to review the Mila dungarees from Tilly and the Buttons. Continue reading “Tilly and the Buttons’ Mila and Agnes – a match made in heaven”
Where to buy fabric
This week I met up with a friend who is a sewing dipper inner and outer. You know, one of those annoying people who won’t sew for a year then in an afternoon she’ll whip up a gorgeous perfectly fitted self-drafted dress. We were talking about sewing and she asked where the best places are to buy fabric, so I thought I’d share my favourite places to shop for the wondrous thing that is material…
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