Category: My Makes
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Sorrel Sweater – budget friendly alternatives to mohair
Hello all, long time no see! I have a knit to share with you this week. I actually took these photos months ago and thought I already shared this but was obviously mistaken. This sweater is way too gorgeous to keep hidden so I am correcting my mistake now! For anyone who doesn’t know, this…
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The Power Of Saying No
I am not particularly proud of this, but I wanted to talk about how recently I let several people down. Before I got my new job (that I wrote about in my last blog post), I had agreed to several blogging/sewing opportunities which were all due within a few weeks of one another. However, suddenly…
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Me Made Work Wardrobe
Its Fashion Revolution week! That means this week we uplift the voices of those in the garment industry, and examine what we can do to reduce our fast fashion consumption while asking brands ‘Who Made My Clothes?’. Of course, for many of us home sewists we know who made our clothes, so maybe the better…
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Altering the Arenite Pants for Pear Shapes
So, it seems like every indie pattern designer has released an elastic waist trouser in the last year huh? I have been after a pair of elastic waist trousers for a while but there are A LOT of patterns out there and it’s a bit overwhelming. It seems like every indie pattern company has released…
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Sustainable Fabric: Sewing With Tablecloths
I went to Disneyland Paris! I was so excited to go – I’ve never been before! We went for one day and I had just the best time. Of course, I had to wear handmade so I chose to wear something comfortable so I could spend all day on my feet and feel cool and…
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Into the Pines
Hello everyone! I’ve got a knitting post for you this week! I made the Bluebird Mountain Knits Into the Pines hat which was on my #makenine2019 list this year. At the end of April we booked a last minute holiday to France, we booked a camping trip to spend ten nights in a tent just…
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Thread Theory Strathcona Henley
It was this handsome man’s 31st birthday this week, and amongst other things, I gave him this t shirt I made for him. It is the Strathcona Henley pattern and I made it as this month’s Minerva Crafts Blogger Network make. It has got me thinking about sewing for other’s more though. I got great…
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One Year Blogaversary!
Happy New Year! It’s been one year since I clicked ‘Publish’ on this, my little corner of the internet and I have lots of thoughts on how that year has gone. I won’t go into the epic saga of my not succeeding to move house in 2018, instead I want to look at my sewing/sustainability…
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Autumn Leaves Stevie Top
This is the autumnal top of dreams right? I am so in love with this fabric! I received this small piece of reddish leaves Tencel in a scrap bag I was given for Christmas last year and it has taken me all year to get this ready just in time for it to be a…
Making and Books 