Today over on the Oliver + S blog you can find me chatting about teaching the biggest kid how to sew. I love the patterns by Oliver + S and I've mentioned many times how they really gave me the confidence to tackle garment sewing after quite a few missteps. I stumbled across them when [...]
A couple of months ago I wrote about designing a capsule collection of garments for workwear. That whole process seems a little irrelevant now seeing I am current working from home and it is unlikely that I will be returning to the office any time soon. That said, I enjoyed the process of designing the [...]
I’ve been wanting to make a Zadie jumpsuit since it exploded all over my Instagram feed last year. It was one of those designs that looked great on everyone no matter what size or shape you are. Dancing Leopard jumpsuit | Zadie line drawings | Zadie sample in linen I’d had a copy of the [...]
#1 Planning My work wardrobe has been in desperate need of a refresh for a long time. I don't tend to buy much in the way of clothing anymore so the things I have are pretty old and worn out to be truthful. Plus I don't tend to sew much that is really office appropriate. [...]
Reusable cotton pads are having a bit of a moment and it's easy to see why. Cotton pads are a bathroom essential, but so wasteful. They are disposable for one, and two they come wrapped in plastic. That's only the part that is visible to us as the end consumer. I wouldn't know where to [...]
Have you been tempted to sew your own active wear? No? Well neither was I for a long while. For starters I wasn't very active. I'm still not as active as I should be but I have been attending yoga classes for the last two years and have found that, one, I've stuck to it [...]
A break from all the dressmaking posts today while I share the love for the looper quilt pattern (see what I did there!). This is the first quilt I've ever made and I finished at the back end of 2019. Most of my sewing is actually quite impulsive. I'll make lists of what I want [...]
