Make your own style
Hi All, I am excited to share a pattern from a new-to-me pattern company today: this is the Flor Dress from Bella Loves Patterns, and it is a beautiful, fun, feminine and extravagant pattern which can be sewn as either a dress or a crop top. There is so much to love about what this […]
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Ah Dresses! I have missed you. Missed making and wearing you. It would appear that this is my first dress of the new year, and its a repeat pattern make, made using McCalls 8036 and some ditsy print floral viscose purchased from eBay. Here’s a look at my first version of this dress. I didn’t […]
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Hello Everyone, I am guessing that for the majority of us right now, this Easter will be one of the oddest we have ever spent. If Easter has any religious significance for you, then you probably won’t be attending church in the usual manner, and even if it does not, then chances are you won’t […]
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Hi Everyone, I am desperately trying to get everything blogged before the end of the year and as I plan on wearing this dress tonight for my office Christmas party, it felt appropriate to blog this dress next. This was my birthday dress for this year, and it was made using McCalls 7998, which is […]
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Hi Everyone! We are back from a lovely time in Javea, Spain, with some photos to show the garments I made to take with me, in action. (BTW, I have also updated my last post, about McCalls 7624 with a couple of new photos taken on holiday). So, today I want to talk about McCalls […]
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Hi Everyone! It’s a little while since my last post. I have been sewing. But you know, the weather has not been particularly conducive to blog photography, so the “to-blog list” is increasing! Here’s a dress a made a few weeks back which has been getting worn a fair bit. I find it’s a great […]
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Hi Everyone, I am probably one of the few sewists out there who has yet to find a wrap dress pattern they love. I kind of came to the conclusion that maybe true wrap dresses were not meant for me (constant fiddling/ fear of coming undone), so when Pauline Alice was kind enough to send […]
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Good Afternoon Friends, Everyone talks about wrap dresses and how universally flattering and versatile they are. I have only ever bought one (true) RTW wrap dress, and was never happy with the fit. It has since been passed on to charity. A couple of years ago I made a wrap dress, using this same pattern, […]
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