Sewing with Croft Mill: my favourite summer dress
The M8211 dress pattern was my great discovery of Spring 2022, largely due to my new-found puff sleeves addiction. But this summer has been too hot to allow for any sleeves at all, so I explored the sleeveless version of the pattern. Matched with a gorgeous cotton voile fabric from Croft Mill, it turned into […]
Read MoreSewing vintage roses: V9239 pattern review
For an unknown reason, flowers have been surprisingly absent of my sewing room over the past few months. So let’s remedy this with a very 1950’s-styled V9239 dress, with an all-over roses pattern. V9239 pattern review Unremarkable cover but immense vintage potential I have had the V9239 pattern in my stash for ages but never […]
Read MoreSewing with Croft Mill: summer in seersucker
Seersucker is one of my favourite fabrics for summer. So when I was given the opportunity to chose from Croftmill’s extensive selection, I was … well, slightly overwhelmed! But pink is always a winner with me so let me introduce you to my pink seersucker Semis dress. What is seersucker? Seersucker is traditionally a cotton […]
Read MoreSewing puff sleeves: M8211 pattern review
And here we come at the (temporary) end of my series on puff sleeves (see here and here for previous articles). The weather has considerably improved in London, so I now expect to be able to wear only sleeveless dresses – fingers crossed… In the meantime, let me introduce you to two versions of the […]
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