So we have quite a projects in the works at the moment, but since they won’t be completed for a little while we thought we would give you a little taster of some of the things that will be coming up soon. So here are some of the fabrics that have projects planned and in progress in our sewing room… Read more »
Having been out of the country for last winter living with a very limited set of clothes (living out of my bag for nearly 6 months) and then once back home I spent a lot of the summer here and there with sailing so more living out of bags I have been enjoying the Winter and getting to wear a… Read more »
So now that the leotard is here and covered (Read about the leotard here) I can move on to the fringing! The first very exciting bit! Here are the colours of fringing that I got, I am very pleased with how well the colours go together. I bought 15cm tactel fringing from DSI and Chrisanne, it was reasonably pricey, but I… Read more »
So previously I put up a tutorial on how to make a card holder but that was just a 2 part card holder, and Pippa has been hinting for rather a while that she wants a 3 pocket card holder to replace her plastic railcard holder which is always breaking… See that cracking in the plastic So I set about being… Read more »
So following on from my posts about inspiration, design and colour schemes, I actually went and bought the first part of my latin dress! The underlying leotard. The Leotard: This comes from american apparel and cost about £20 I think. I could have got it for much cheaper if I had gone for a white leotard, but initially I didn’t plan… Read more »
A while ago I said that I had started another quilt project, well this might have taken the back burner a bit during the summer. But I have got it back out again and sewn some of the squares together to make a small knee sized quilt. It is going to get bigger as I make more squares for it,… Read more »
Check out this infographic on the hurricanes and tropical storms since 1851. Source: theatlanticcities.com via Pippa on Pinterest This dress is a free pattern from the V&A museums website. How simply gorgeous is this: Source: dressaday.com via Pippa on Pinterest Check out this Dolman sleeved Tshirt Transformation. I have actually completed this one although the waist needs to be a… Read more »
I quite often find, as I presume everyone else does as well, that when I’m working on a project I get left with lots of offcuts and scrap pieces of fabric. They’re sometimes large enough to use in another project which is good. But if they’re slightly more bizarre shapes, or too small then I don’t really want to waste… Read more »
Well I have to say I normally find my inspiration for projects on other peoples blogs or on stumbleupon and this one is no exception. I came across a lovely tutorial on Blue Cricket Design but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be there anymore. But there was also this other tutorial on ‘my so called green life’. So I decided make… Read more »
Edit: Unfortunately the images in this post have decided to disappear completely and at the moment I can’t find them anywhere. Sorry. I suppose these would be classed as Yoga Pants, but as I don’t do Yoga and am English so resent calling trousers pants I am not going to refer to them as that again. I allowed myself to… Read more »
