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Mrs Depew Vintage 2107 1930s skirt
Part 2 of my Plus Fours outfit… I’ve been wanting to make this skirt for a while. This is a 1930s French style skirt featuring diagonal shapes. It has inverted pleats at the front and back, small...
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Mrs Depew Vintage 3064 1930s Hat
The final part of my outfit… You can’t play golf without a hat and my pale green baseball cap (although the right colour) just wasn’t going to work, so I decided I needed to make a hat. No, I have...
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Three-tiered skirt
I use the most original titles! I wanted a tiered skirt, but why buy a pattern? One of the first things I made when I first learned to sew years ago, ahem, about 40 years, was a basic skirt with an...
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More Galaxy Tees
I made a black version of this originally which was true to the pattern, then I made up a navy version with lace sleeves and that gets worn so much, that meant some more were on the cards. Honestly,...
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Closet Core Nicks Dress
I’ve made a thing! Actually I’ve made a few things, but the last thing I’ve been thinking about are photos and blogging. I’ve been trying to be good and not buy new patterns, since I own so many and...
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Repeat makes
Long time no blog, but hey, I’ve not been doing nothing, I have made some things, actually lots of things! They are repeats of patterns I’ve made before, so don’t really benefit from a full post each....
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More repeats!
Another post with repeats? Finally I might be finding patterns which are just me and deserve their place in my wardrobe, rather than making new patterns. Who is this person? Oooh, shiny, new vs oh...
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Love Notions Saltwhistle top
A new pattern! As soon as this pattern was released, it went in my cart to buy. It just took a while to make up! The Saltwhistle top and dress has a square neck and scalloped hem, it’s intended to be...
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Greenstyle Leeward Tee
I blame these on my friend at Studio of Sewing. I’m sure she’ll be quite happy to think she enabled me so well! Basically she posted some photos of this tee on the old gram and I decided I need to buy...
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iThinkSew Faunia Bag
I made a bag! I’ve only made one bag before and it gets so much use. So why not try another? I was heading away for work for just one night and needed minimal luggage as I was flying and decided I...
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