Ahoy me hearties! It's time for another Simple Sew Patterns tutorial - this time I'm showing you how easy it is to sew up a pair of trousers that fit beautifully! I love this pattern - there are gorgeous pleats at the front and darts at the back so the shape is classic and wonderfully
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TUTORIAL – The Wiggle Skirt by Simple Sew
Hello! I'm back today with my next instalment of Simple Sew patterns tutorial... THE WIGGLE SKIRT! This pattern came free as a duo of skirts free with issue 10 of Love Sewing magazine and I had previously made the tie back one here that I love but it came out a bit small so this time I
TUTORIAL – The Bardot Dress by Simple Sew
Hello everyone! If you follow my blog you would have heard me singing the praises of Simple Sew patterns - I have sewn up every one that comes free with Love Sewing magazine and I really adore them all so when I saw a facebook post that they were looking for bloggers to join their
TUTORIAL : Taking in a cape/winter coat
Bonjourno! I am back with a new tutorial on taking in a cape or coat - mainly because when I looked to the internet to provide me with these answers I found hardly anything apart from a lovely ladies video blog but she confused the life out of me be starting with one technique swapping
The summerhouse is now an all year round sewing room!
Greetings and salutions to you dear readers! I promised to blog about the epic summerhouse overhaul so here you are... We started with this: I've been dreaming of a storage solution for all my stuff a long time... So I took it all outside... And my amazing man, Stephen got the tools out... First we
From pallets to plates…
Bonne soirée cupcakes!Well I started this blog straight after posting the last one (a couple of weeks ago) but then I got distracted... Hobbes wanted to go out, I got hungry, thought of a song and well, life ran away with me!As I said in my previous blog, we were excited to make a big
Life With Dough…
Not THAT kind... but BREAD!I have gone baking mad! I just love making bread, especially Hot Cross Buns- so much so that I am proving a batch right now to take up to my boyfriend's parents for Easter.The fact is I have never been a cook- I made horrible puddings and biscuits when I was