I was in the testing group for a faux wrap dress designed by Coffee & Thread called the Madrid Dress and Tunic. The first version I tried was the dress and I ended up with a gorgeous boho style, floaty Summer dress. I made the midi version but the maxi version would have been lovely […]
My sewjo was a bit lacking in the New Year and I was looking to challenge myself more with my sewing this year, so I joined the 12 Patterns Plus sewing challenge run by Claire from Penguin & Pear Dressmaking over on Instagram. I have never participated in a sewing challenge but my motto for […]
I have had this pattern for around ten years now and I am just as keen on it now as I was when I bought it. The Versatile Wrap Skirt pattern is still for sale from Toni’s Make It Perfect site which is great to see as it is a timeless classic. I was only […]
This fabric was another Op Shop find. There wasn’t much of it so I had to use it on something basic. I have no idea what fabric this is, it is most definitely a synthetic, it is quite thick and most likely was some sort of decorator range from the 60’s or 70’s I think. […]
You can see from my other posts that if a pattern works for me and I like the results I will sew it multiple times. The record so far for makes from the one pattern is eight for this top but I have fallen hard for the Ruffle-Sleeve Top designed by In The Folds so […]