As my last two makes were useful wardrobe basics I gave myself permission to indulge myself with another dress – I just love to make dresses...

Last week I was in a frenzy of indecision - so many fabric and pattern possibilities were whirring around my brain that I just didn’t know w...

My latest make is what I like to call an easy-to-wear dress in an all-year round print fabric (which, by the way, is a silk twill designed b...

In my last post I mentioned that I have been working on a dress made from a vintage Simplicity pattern so, without further ado, here it is, ...

The weather has turned blustery, the days are getting shorter. The blogosphere is buzzing with plans for fall sewing. And what am I doing? I...

I wanted to make a new dress to go to the Proms - something pretty and flowery, but a little bit sophisticated, would be just right for a cl...

Those of you that live in the USA are currently gearing yourself up for the ninth season of Project Runway, which starts this week. So you m...

No apologies, but I have made yet another version of Simplicity 3503. I'm calling this latest version (number five) my 'English Summ...

You may not have noticed this pattern - the pattern envelope is quite understated, a couple of drawings, no photograph of the actual dress -...

When I returned from my vacation in Miami, in March, I showed you some of the things that I had sewn especially for my trip. However, I have...

I loved the look of this 'easy' knit dress pattern, McCalls 6319, and was very keen to make it. There's a lot that I like about ...

Hi everyone – I’m back from my vacation in Miami. It was wonderful, warm and way too short! But quickly moving on to sewing matters …… now t...

When I mentioned (in this post ) that I had purchased Vogue 1221 I have no doubt that some of you thought “hmmm I wonder if she’ll ever actu...

I mentioned in my last post that I was working on the HotPatterns ‘Uptown Downtown Knit Dress’. As that was a couple of weeks ago some of y...