The Big Vintage Sewalong!

Evenin all,

I trust you are all well and happy – I’m… well… getting a bit stressed now – only 1 month to go to the big day! Wowzers I still have SO much to do but slowly but surely stuff is being crossed off the list. The flat looks like a wedding craft factory – there are DIY hot air balloons hanging above, boxes of plastic animals, netting, ribbons and chiffon everywhere!! I secretly love it- I’ve always been drawn to stuff, lots of stuff makes me happy!!

Anywho I’m breaking my blog silence for a very good reason… I’m one of the bloggers joining in with Butterick’s Big Vintage Sewalong blogger tour!!

I’m over the moon to be involved as it’s all the things I love…

Vintage sewing patterns:

You get to choose between an amazing selection of vintage sewing patterns spanning the 1930s to 1960s from Butterick, McCalls & Vogue.

I’ve been a vintage fashion lover for many many years and when I started sewing it was always a goal of mine to make as many vintage patterns as I possibly could. My collection is MASSIVE but I’m not finding the time to delve into as many as I wanted… yet. However this is a great opportunity to make one that I’ve been eyeing up for a while – it’s big, it’s 50s and I LOVE it!

The Sewing Community:

The lovely ladies at The Fold Line asked me onboard the blogger tour for this and I can’t believe the amount of epic inspiring sewing bloggers I am alongside, I’m totally in awe- check this list out! (I’m number 17 BTW!)

The blogger tour:

1. Friday 11th March  Name: Katie MarcusBlog: What Katie Sews

   Link: http://whatkatiesews.net

2. Friday 25th March  Name: Portia LawrieBlog: Makery

   Link: http://www.makery.uk

3. Friday 8th April  Name: Kate UnderdownBlog: The Fold Line

   Link: https://thefoldline.com/blog/

4. Friday 15th April  Name: Amy ThomasBlog: Almond Rock

   Link: http://almondrock.co.uk

5. Friday 29th April  Name: Elisalex de Castro PeakeBlog: By Hand London

   Link: http://byhandlondon.com/blogs/by-hand-london

6. Friday 13th May  Name: Jane MarlandBlog: Handmade Jane

   Link: http://www.handmadejane.co.uk

7. Friday 27th May  Name: Jennifer WalkerBlog: The Gingerthread Girl

   Link: http://gingerthreadgirl.co.uk

8. Friday 10th June  Name: Lisa ComfortVlog: YouTube Sew Over It

   Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/SewOverIt

9. Friday 24th June  Name: Janene SpencerBlog: ooobop

   Link: http://ooobop.com

10. Friday 8th July  Name: Marie KoupparisBlog: A Stitching Odyssey

    Link: http://www.astitchingodyssey.com

11. Friday 15th July  Name: Kerry PattersonBlog: Kestrel Makes

    Link: http://www.kestrelmakes.com

12. Friday 22nd July  Name: Fiona ParkerBlog: Diary of a Chainstitcher

    Link: http://chainstitcher.blogspot.co.uk

13. Friday 29th July  Name: Karen BallBlog: Did You Make That?

    Link: http://didyoumakethat.com

14. Friday 5th August  Name: Laura ClarkeBlog: Sew For Victory

    Link: http://sewforvictory.co.uk

15. Friday 12th August  Name: Nina ChangBlog: Thumble Nina

    Link: https://thumblenina.wordpress.com

16. Friday 19th August  Name: Charlotte PowellBlog: English Girl at Home

    Link: http://englishgirlathome.com

17. Friday 26th August  Name: Gabby Young (ME!)Blog: Living on a Shoestring

    Link: http://www.livingonashoestring.net

18. Friday 2nd September  Name: Rachel PinheiroBlog: House of Pinheiro

    Link: http://houseofpinheiro.com

19. Friday 9th September  Name: Elena Rose BrownBlog: Randomly Happy

    Link: http://www.randomlyhappyblog.com

20. Friday 16th September  Name: Wendy GardinerBlog: Butterick

    Link: www.vintagesewalong.co.uk

21. Friday 23rd September  Name: Winnie LonghurstBlog: Scruffy Badger Time

    Link: http://scruffybadgertime.co.uk

22. Friday 30th September  Name: Rachel WalkerBlog: The Fold Line

    Link: https://thefoldline.com/blog/

A very good cause:

The Eve Appeal is a great charity who are working to achieve better detection and prevention of women’s cancers. You can find out more about the work of The Eve Appeal charity here.

This is a charity very close to my heart as the bad health news I talked about last blog is exactly that – I have cancer… again. Ten years after my thyroid was taken out it’s back like a long lost enemy around that area again. I’m OK and I’m going to be fine after surgery and maybe radioactive treatment (if I need it) but yeah… it sucks and I will do everything in my power to stop it affecting my life and as many other people as possible. I’m not blogging this for sympathy but I wanted to just be honest and explain why this charity feels very very important to me. Cancer is sadly everywhere and needs to be stopped.

But mostly I am so excited to make my vintage pattern up- I will be telling all in August but for now here’s a pic of the fabric I chose at a brilliant girly fabric shopping trip in Walthamstow last Saturday.

Isn’t it stunning?!

Oh and the other good part to the Big Vintage Sewalong (#BVsewalong) is…

You can all join in:

You can join in the sew-along by sewing one of the dressmaking patterns from the inspiration vintage edit (all 20 patterns are listed on The Fold Line’s blog all about it here) and the money raised from the sale of each pattern will go towards The Eve Appeal AND I’ll be giving away a copy of pattern that I chose from the collection soon too – it’s an all round brilliant idea and I’m so so happy to be a part of it!

Lots of vintage sewing love,