Tag: slowfashion
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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…
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Range Rucksack
I’ve not done any posts on any of my ‘makes’ and I’ve actually made a fair few things in the last year so thought I should blog about one of my favourites! I’ve been doing hand sew decorations for years now, mostly with felt, and tend to make some Christmas decorations or baby mobiles for…
Make or Bake Abi 