Category: Sewing
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Steele Pinafore Dress
Latest make! I’ve been wanting to make the Steele Pinafore for a while and I intially had hoped I had enough of the check Merchant and Mills fabric but ended up being a bit short. So I prewashed a cotton/viscose material ready for the SewConfident reatreat and thought I was good to go…. But then…
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Unpicking
My husband always jokes that I seem to unpick more than I actually sew… and he’s not wrong! I’m a bit of a perfectionist and would prefer to unpick and redo several times over rather than let something go that’s not quite right. I realise this is why it takes me so long to get…
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Hovea Jacket take 2!
I went on a Sew Confident course last year to make the Hovea jacket and, long story short, I cut out fabric for one of the options that we weren’t doing in the class (there’s 5 variations and I chose one that wasn’t quilted)! I was really keen to make another one though with some…
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Hovea Quilted Jacket
Last year i saw an amazing patchwork quilted coat on instagram and i had a closer look at the account (Brittney.Frey). There were loads of gorgeous designs and I discovered the creator had written a guest blog post on how to make your own. She has shared some of the quilt patterns she uses but…
Make or Bake Abi 