The Glittery Coat

Having filled my Spring wardrobe with flared dresses (see here, here and here for my most recent projects), it was definitely time to sew a flared coat to match the lot! Here it is with B5966– although this one is more of a toile than the finished project! I am a complicated person, I know. […]

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Pink and Sparkly

Let’s take a little break from fruits as I introduce you to my latest handsewn dress: pink and sparkly, with a fitted bodice, a circle skirt and piping at the neckline, I think it definitely gathers all my favourite attributes! Although my fruit fabric addiction is still going strong (see here and here for more […]

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Now I’d like some lemons!

In keeping with my current fruit obsession (discussed in details in my last article) , here is my second fruit garment: the lemon dress. Based on the largely modified Vogue v8630 pattern (used here and here without modifications), it was sewn literally the day after the cherry dress!! A bit crazy I know… But how […]

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I will have more cherries please!

When spring approaches, I develop serious wardrobe mono-obsessions: last year I wanted to fill my wardrobe with Japanese cherry blossoms; this year it’s fruits… So when I saw this amazing cherry fabric on the Croftmill website, I took it as a sign that is was time to start working on my fruit Spring collection… My […]

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