Winter Circle Skirt Tutorial After successfully managing to lose some weight, I've ended up with a wardrobe full of clothes that don't fit, and the perfect excuse to make some new clothes for myself! Over the summer I made several new things, and by the end of August, I could manage a week of pretty vintage style dresses and skirts. Unfortunately, the end of summer meant putting the pretty things away and going back into things that were ... Read the Post...
Tips For Sewing a Winter Dress From a Summer Pattern
Tips For Sewing a Winter Dress From a Summer Pattern When you find a pattern you like, do you make lots of versions of it in different fabrics? It's taken me a while to find my comfy spot clothes wise, but now I've found it, I have lots of vintage style things in my wardrobe that I love to wear! The Cherry Blossom Dress that I used for the sewalong in the summer is the pattern I've used as a starting point. I currently have 4 versions ... Read the Post...
DIY Winter Dress Tutorial
DIY Winter Dress Tutorial It always makes me a little bit sad at the end of the summer when I have to put away my pretty dresses and dig out my dreary, sensible winter things instead. This year has been a good year for the pretty dresses. Not only did I manage to make 4 dresses and 2 skirts, it's actually been warm enough to wear them. So wear them I did. Lots. I spent most of the summer galumphing around my little corner of Norfolk ... Read the Post...
Halter Neck Dress Without a Pattern: Sewing the Dress
Halter Neck Dress Without a Pattern: Sewing the Dress This post is a little bit overdue! Back in the summer when the weather was warm (sigh!) I made this. I'd seen a dress on Pinterest that I rather liked. Actually I saw dozens I liked, but this was the one I decided to have a go at making! My vintage style dresses turned out very well, so I decided to use the same style and a similar method to make a halter neck dress. I'd never ... Read the Post...
