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Hey Sewers! I  am very excited for this weeks blog post, never have a pattern and fabric gone together so well! I have teamed the  Megan Nielsen - Sudley dress with this beautiful embroidered sheer fabric from Montreux Fabrics which I picked up at the Knitting & Stitching Show. It's lined with a simple black cotton I got from Goldhawk Road. I saw this fabric from afar across the stall buried under many other rolls, I made a bee line for it, wedging myself between the hordes of people queuing and fished it out. It has vivid multicoloured embroidered flowers meandering across a sheer black base giving it a psychedelic 70s vibe. There is a blue border along the selvedge which I took advantage of for all the hems, this did mean ignoring the direction of the grain on the fabric but I don't think that's a problem. I opted not to pattern match with this fabric because of the way it is made, even though the pattern has a repeat they're not perfect and I k...

Hey Everyone, Welcome back to my blog, this week I am continuing with my makes from my time off work - I got a lot done! Another quick make, it's the Molly top from Lisa Comforts eBook 'My Capsule Wardrobe - City Break' . This is my second make from the book, the first being the Mia Jeans - seen below. I really like the dropped shoulder seam and the slightly longer length makes it really flattering and easy to wear with jeans. I chose to make it in a drapey jersey I bought from Montreux Fabrics at the Knitting and Stitching Show earlier in the year. The pattern is a PDF and has easy assembly - I often assemble my patterns in front of the TV because you need a lot of floor space to sprawl out on.  Jersey tops are probably the simplest of things you can make because you do not need to worry about fit too much, there's often no darts or closures to worry about and you don't even have to finish the seams if you don't want - I always do though because ...

Hey Everyone! Continuing with the skirt theme this week I bring you another make from my week off work, the Clemence Skirt by everyone's favourite indie pattern house Tilly & The Buttons. I had the opportunity of meeting Tilly at the Knitting & Stitching Show earlier in the year and I have to admit I did feel like a total fan girl! Tilly is sewing royalty and I find what she does as a female entrepreneur truly inspirational. The Clemence skirt is somewhat of a cult pattern featured in Tilly's book 'Love at First Stitch' which I'm sure is no news to you whatsoever as most people I hear talk about sewing refer to this book as being their introduction to sewing. Worn here with Simplicity K8376 I have been wanting to make this skirt since I got the book 3 years ago but I had not seen the right fabric - until now! When I was at the first Sewing Bee Live show a couple years ago I saw this jelly fish fabric (Michael Miller 'Into the Deep') on dis...

Hi Sewers! The weather is slowly turning here in the UK which means I can actually photograph my makes! I've also been taking this opportunity to re-evaluate my sewing plans and going through the Seamwork - Build Your Own Wardrobe series again. I'm really keen to sew things which I know that I am going to love and keep wearing time and time again rather than just making for the sake of it so I'm taking my time and planning it all out until I am certain. I recently had some time off work and what better way to spend my time than to sew! I sewed everyday for almost the entire day for about 7 days and I was starting to get a bit tired of it by the end if I'm honest with you! There's something quite lonely about being on holiday when no one else is even if I am spending my time doing something I adore. The next series of makes were as a result of this time off I had. The first thing I made was actually a stash buster! Last year I made the Nina Lee - Kew Dress an...