Progress on my Gypsy Wife Quilt(s)

Happy Friday guys!  Well, this is what I've been sewing recently, and I have to say I'm enjoying it immensely.  I've admired other sewists' versions of Jen Kingwell's Gypsy Wife Quilt for years, but always thought it would be too complicated for me.  I do, however, have a reasonable-sized stash of small cuts of fabric…

Slowly sewing…

Hello lovely people!  It's been a little while, hasn't it?  Thanks for hanging in there...  So obviously, my feed and yours have been full of everyone's 2018 roundups, and resolutions for the coming year.  I'm not bothering with a review because I really didn't manage to spend much time sewing last year, and I'm not…

#2018makenine & Winter Sewing Plans

Hello again my friends!  Well, this is the week the weather has turned, and I'm giving my summer dresses one last outing before desperately digging through the bottom of my wardrobe/floor for work-appropriate trousers.  I thought this would be a good time to report on my #2018makenine (spoiler, regular readers will not be surprised at…

Closet Case Patterns Bombshell Swimsuit

I made a swimsuit!!  Not like I bought the pattern 2 years ago or anything.  I was a bit daunted by the whole swim-fabric, swim-elastic, out-of-familiar-territory thing, but I'm here to say if you're thinking the same thing, it's really not that hard!  This is obviously the Closet Case Patterns Bombshell Swimsuit, and it's honestly…

Wax Print Flying Geese Quilt

I'm just going to straight up apologise for that picture.  I forgot to take any pictures of the finished quilt until we were actually at the wedding it was a gift for, and it was getting dark.  This despite having spent the previous day in a beautiful gite in the French countryside, with ample opportunities…

McCalls M6951 and Gigi skirt

I'm going to be honest, and say I can only take credit for the top half of this outfit.  That's because Amy made the skirt herself!  She got a sewing machine for her birthday and picked the fabric out from my stash (leftover from my Zeena dress - eurgh those pictures). She used the waistband from…

Maven Patterns French Dart Shift

Welcome to my new favourite pattern!  This is actually my second French Dart Shift, if you follow me on Instagram you may have seen the tartan one I made first.  I never got round to taking decent photos of that one, and now the weather's warmed up it just looks too much like Christmas to…

How (not) to make a Yoga Bolster

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Seriously, just buy one.  If you feel the need to make a pretty cover for it, that's fine.  Make a cover for the one you bought. I've been practising yoga for a few months now (not exactly with the zeal of the convert, I definitely intended to practise at home, but...).  Even with my…

#2018makenine – my plans

Hello again!  It's taken me some time to firm up my sewing plans for 2018, because I've been so busy so far!  A few of the things I want to make this year are carry-overs from my 50% success rate in 2017.  Honestly though, I see this as a good thing, in that I only…

My #2017makenine: the results!

Hello 2018!  I hope you're enjoying the last of the festive chocolates in front of a Bond film?  It's the time of year for round-up posts, which I don't usually do (and don't usually read either, sorry guys), but I make an exception for the #makenine challenge.  I'm not a big sewing challenge person, but…