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...

My latest make is one of those great wardrobe staples - a pencil skirt made in an animal print. Classic styling in a fun fabric. Zebra...

For approximately 360 days of the year my latest sewn outfit looks crazily optimistic when worn in my home city of London. But last week we ...

In case you think I have been slacking on the sewing front since I returned from vacation I am here to report that, actually, I have been qu...

In my last post I promised (myself as well as you!) that my next garment would be something easy. This skirt, made from pattern 114 in the J...

It seems that everything I sew at the moment is turning into a near disaster! However, I am really glad that I persevered with this Tracy Re...

So, 2010 is over and it’s time to take a look at how my sewing year has gone. I completed the following: 13 Dresses 10 tops 6 skirts 1 jacke...

Regular readers will know that my recent sewing activities have been aimed at building some winter wardrobe basics. So I had to make that cl...

The latest edition of Burda Magazine arrived on Sunday morning and I decided that this month, instead of deliberating, I would just plunge r...

Way back at the beginning of March I mentioned that I was making this skirt, pattern 104 from the February issue of Burda Style magazine So...

My new skirt (pattern 125 from April’s Burda Magazine) has a bow, some pleats and a flounce – what more can a girl ask for! and here's t...

I was so eager to complete the lovely skirt that I had picked out of the latest Burda Magazine (see my last post) that I dropped everything ...

I know you're going to look at this picture of my new skirt and think "wow! ..... that's dull" but stick with me because t...