As soon as I saw the Named Blair Batwing pattern, I immediately thought of my best friend from childhood, M, who's a massive fan of cropped batwing tops. As her day job involves a...
Gertie's Blog for Better Sewing was the first sewing blog I ever followed, just when I was starting to sew duvet covers and getting myself overexcited about the potential of wrap dresses in my...
I discovered a great technique for finishing seams and underlining in one - it ends up looking like a cross between a French Seam and a Hong Kong finish. It's a perfect solution for...
TNT (tried and tested) Simplicity 2343 rises again! This time in silk faille from the ever-wonderful EmmaOneSock. I've made this quite a few times before, and it's great to have a relatively easy make...
****GIVEAWAY UPDATE!****Congratulations to Geni M who wins the measuring tape and ChriChri who wins the buttons and bias tape! ChriChri, please leave a note in the comments so I know how to contact you.Geni...
There's no rest for the wicked, nor indeed for this Cashmerette. No sooner were the maxi skirts buried in a deep dark closet to hibernate for summer, than more planes were hopped on, and...
... it's another maxi!This one was a long time coming - in fact, I bought the fabric from Britex in San Francisco a few years ago. At the time I was still mightily intimidated...