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Continue reading →: Drafting a pattern from a shop bought skirt
I have an all time favourite skirt that I would to reproduce in different materials. It’s a skater skirt and ‘should’ (she says) be easy enough to recreate! So here’s how I went about attempting this: 1) I laid the skirt down flat on to some kiddie craft paper. I…
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Continue reading →: Free patterns link
http://www.homecraftforums.com/topic/36602-sew-magazine-free-downloads-find-them-all-here/ There are a couple of great British Sewing Bee patterns in there, Summer Dress and Pencil skirt. These are only for a limited time so get them quick!
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Continue reading →: Cutting the pattern and material #SOIsewalong
It was a bit tricky to cut the correct size as I am a 12 on the bust, 12/14 on the waist and 14/16 at the hip. Fingers crossed all goes to plan! I used a rotary cutter to cut the crepe de chine as it was quite slippery, that…
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Continue reading →: Results from fabric research
Whilst watching a film this evening (Made in Dagenham) I decided to research which fabric to buy for the 1940’s Tea Dress sew along with @sewoverit. Here is the results: It’s a crepe de chine from Fabricland, think I’ll order it tomorrow 🙂 It’ll look quite nice with 3 black cute…
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Continue reading →: Think I’ll join in :)
First blog post!! Think I’m going to attempt a sew along at Sew over it: Find out more at: http://sewoverit.co.uk/1940s-tea-dress-sewalong/
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Continue reading →: First attempt at upcycling
This weekend I decided to take a look around at the charity shops in town. I came across a plain look frame. After a bit of painting it has now been transformed into a key rack for the house 🙂
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Continue reading →: Another sock toy
It’s been a while since my last post. This is a stupid sock toy made for Charlotte’s third birthday. Happy Birthday xx
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Continue reading →: Daddy Toy
This year for Hubby’s birthday I decided to make a Stupid Sock creature (idea taken from the website and book found here).Brandon wrapped it up and gave it to Dad and named it ‘Daddy Toy’.Think I need a little more practice on making the mouth but ‘Daddy Toy’ does have…
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Continue reading →: Mothers day treats and gifts
For my mothers day present this year I decided to make something in a frame. I went on online to find some inspiration and came up with the following. A more zoomed in picture. And for the treats we made millionaires shortbread, a recipe by Mary Berry found on the…
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