Welcome to take two of the Ava Skirt. You may remember that my first attempt saw me whipping up the Sew Over It Ava Skirt in an Orange Boucle Weave. Unfortunately it didn’t work as I hoped it would, mainly because the pattern I used was a straight size 12, but also because I found …
What a year! It feels like 2020 could be summarised with a few simple milestones. Lockdown, tier 2, tier 3, lockdown v2, tier 3, tier 4, with Christmas falling somewhere in between tiers 3 and 4. I decided this year to start to celebrate Christmas as early as possible. I usually have the lights and …
When I saw the Ava Skirt pattern on Sew Over It, I knew that I must make this in one fabric and one fabric only; Wool! It’s a gorgeous A-Line pattern that is destined to be worn with tights, ankle boots and a nice jumper in the Autumn and Winter months. I found some Wool …
2020 was a long year, but at the start of 2021 when I look back now, I realise actually how quickly the time seemed to disappear. Whilst it was a hard year in so many ways, I can’t help but smile when I think about how much I still managed to achieve and learn. Sewing, …
I’m playing slight catch up with these blog posts as I have recently been back at work, and as you might have seen on my instagram, we have a newbie in the household. His name is Grady, and he is the grand old age of 17 weeks (maybe now 18) adopted from Cats Protection in …
I feel like I say this a lot, but it was time to face my fears again. I was very aware that I was running out of time with my three month Sew Over It Stitch School subscription, and I had bought some gorgeous Ponte Roma fabric from Textile Express to complete the SOI Emma …
In my visit to the pop up shop in Nottingham, I had found a McCalls pattern (M7084) for a shirt dress with different variations in style. This was one of my bargain patterns as it was in their sale for £4 and I fell in love with the style! I had bought a similar style …
Attempt to make a t-shirt with it. Or sell it and buy some lemons. This was my big moment. Moving away from the safe and comfortable standard cottons, and onto a knit fabric: the pineapple cotton jersey. It was a thing of beauty and got a lot of compliments when I first bought it. The …
Having made a second pair of the pyjama shorts pattern from Sew Over It in a gorgeous Rose and Hubble polkadot cotton poplin, I decided that they needed a matching top. I’d bought a pattern for a New Look top, so I thought if I was ever going to have a first attempt at an …
We have a great sense of humour in my family. All through my life, my Dad (Ken) has always found great creative ways to be funny, and that’s passed on to me. Some of my finest moments include things like a New Years Eve awards ceremony when I was around 16/17, and I hosted it …