Sewing 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 […]

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Sewing 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 […]

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Sewing 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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Sewing with Croft Mill: my lilac chambray co-ord

Guess what: I have just become a brand ambassador for one of my favourite online fabric shops Croft Mill! I am beyond excited!!! My plan was to use their wonderful fabrics to sew lots of summer dresses. But the English weather had other plans… So instead let me introduce you to my lilac chambray co-ord: […]

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