Much as I would like to spend my time making Chanel inspired dresses (see my last post) I really felt that it was time to get down to creati...

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 ...

At this time of the year I always feel the need to fill my wardrobe with t-shirts. Cheap, light-weight cotton RTW ones are fine but it is ni...

I have, at last, finished my Simplicity, Amazing Fit Shirt. It wasn’t difficult but, phew, as I grumbled in my last post, there is a lot of ...

I do like how Burda Style magazine has, over the years, produced some interesting patterns for fairly easy to make tops. For my vacation in ...

I’ve made myself yet another top from Jalie 2806 , the wonderful top pattern that I like so much. Now those of you that are familiar with th...

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 arrival of my new cover stitch machine coincided with the discovery that my wardrobe is seriously lacking some basic long-sleeve t-shirt...

Thanks to everyone for your very nice comments about my shiny black satin and lace ‘glamorous’ dress featured in my last post. However, I cl...

So, here I am in my Jalie scarf collar top. This is the first time I’ve made a Jalie pattern and I have to tell you that I am super-impress...

Bearing in mind my weakness for frills and ruffles and my great liking for patterns that offer separate pieces for B, C or D cup sizes, I re...

I wasn’t entirely happy with my first version of this Cynthia Rowley tunic top (featured in this post ). My foolish choice of fabric meant t...

Rummaging through my pattern stash last week I came across this Cynthia Rowley pattern (Simplicity 2584) that I meant to make last year but ...