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My Reeta Dress

June 5, 2019July 2, 2019 Posted in City & Guilds Fashion, Dressmaking, Named Patterns, slow fashion, slow sewing, sustainable sewing1 Comment

Please can I have sort of 1940s day dress with a 1980s safari vibe? Yes, yes I can. I want a grown-up dress that I can pop on and feel put-together and chic in with absolutely zero effort on my part. Well, lots of effort in the making part, zero effort in the getting-dressed part.…… Continue reading My Reeta Dress

My first coat!! The Maker’s Atelier Raw-Edged Coat

October 22, 2018October 23, 2018 Posted in Dressmaking, Merchant and Mills, slow fashion, slow sewing, sustainable sewing, The Maker's Atelier2 Comments

I have had my beady eye on this coat for absolutely ages but I chickened out of sewing it because a coat! Too hard surely? I made the “raw-edged coat” pattern from The Essential Collection by The Maker’s Atelier. Except I didn’t want raw edges. So just the “coat” then. Sounds less impressive now. Anyway…… Continue reading My first coat!! The Maker’s Atelier Raw-Edged Coat

7 wonderful benefits of joining a sewing group

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 Posted in mental wellbeing, Sewcial, Sewing space, slow sewingLeave a comment

Sewing our own clothes is, of course, awesome. But sometimes it is also lonely. It can be frustrating. It can be expensive. We can get stuck in a rut. We can get distracted and sew ourselves a pair of velvet dungarees when we were supposed to be making pyjamas. OMG, suddenly I NEED a pair…… Continue reading 7 wonderful benefits of joining a sewing group