It’s Chino time! Simplicity 1696
Hello everyone! I feel I have struck Chino gold, but in order to explain why, I need to go back in time to a less positive place. Do you remember when I made *those Burda* trousers (Burda 7017)...
View ArticleMy new teal woolly is the Jenna cardigan!
So you saw that I had a new, unblogged and much worn cardigan last month in Me made May (seen in the third week, here). Time to reveal the identity (unless you already worked it out for yourselves!)...
View ArticleThe real Betty Dress by Sew Over It
In readiness for the sun making itself known to us, welcome Betty, made out of this lovely lawn – it’s a rich but gentle mid blue with bursts of orange flowers. It is so light as well- like a breath of...
View ArticleShorts! New Look 6100
Gosh, it’s been a whole week since I have blogged! I know exactly where it’s gone – the final whirlwind of last minute DIY and paranoid cleaning before my house is on the market. I missed sewing,...
View ArticleAnita tie top in silk- from Sew Over It Vintage
When I was planning this month’s Minerva make, I was suitably vague as I wasn’t sure which top I was going to make out of this silk. But I knew I wanted to make some kind of silk top. I had a couple of...
View ArticleI made jeans! (Slightly) embroidered Ginger jeans!
Ok I know I have already shouted that message before when I made my Jamie jeans, twice. But this time I have made traditional 5 pocket jeans and am so chuffed with the result. This is not only my...
View ArticleMinerva make: Rachel Wrap dress by Maria Denmark
I took a sojourn from the Minerva Blogging Network & my usual mega obsessive sewing, & replaced it with all things moving house etc but am pleased to take up where I left off now that life in...
View ArticleSpringtime Hudsons
Fancy seeing yet more lounge wear that has been added to my repertoire? After making floral summer Hudson pants, Arctic Hudson pants (both of which get a sound wearing), the new kid on the block are...
View ArticlePop up skirt, Burdastyle Buttoned A-line Skirt 10/2010 #105
I’ve had rather a thing for this look ever since Burdastyle pulled together an aviator look book years ago. Outfits set against classic metallic painted aircraft, hangars and heat hazed landing strips...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Boyfriend Shirt – Burdastyle Aviator shirt 03/2012 #113B
Here I am, back from my hols- I have LOADS of new makes photographed on location so I cant wait to share those with you. But as this is my first week back & I am kind of not at all sorted it’s...
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