Every now and then, I get the itch to make something that is a bit of a departure from my usual style. Maybe it will be a fitted sheath dress that captures my imagination, or …
DOWN IN JUNGLELAND: FIBREMOOD LEAH
FRUIT SALAD: CHARM PATTERNS MARIA
If I were a cartoon character, this fruit salad dress would be the item I would be drawn wearing every day. Granted, I do have a certain affinity for making fruit print garments, but I …
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP: VIKISEWS BRYCE & FORGET ME NOT PATTERNS VALERIE (HACKED)
One of my Make Nine 2024 plans was to sew up a cropped blazer from this super spring-y matelassé that I picked out at Christmastime from Truro Fabrics. I spied it on the roll and …
Life Update
Hello! I feel like I have been rather quiet here and on Instagram since the start of the year. I have still been sewing — nothing can stop my peaceful ritual of spending a couple …
HIBISCUS HEAD IN A FLOWER BED: SEW OVER IT BETTY
This probably isn’t the most ‘everyday’ dress in terms of style and colour, but whenever I wear it, I can’t help but smile. This dress is pure sunshine. Yellow is a colour that always lifts …
THIS SHI(R)T IS BANANAS: THREAD THEORY FAIRFIELD SHIRT
(I am so, so sorry if Gwen Stefani is now stuck in your head, but I honestly was chanting it throughout this project) I took a quick trip to visit Simon in San Francisco at …
LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO: BY HAND LONDON HANNAH (HACKED)
Here is one from the archives; last year I made this dress for a sewing challenge and then totally forgot that I had taken proper pictures so I could write a blog post about it…whoops! …
TOP NINE: BEST OF 2023
Happy (belated) New Year! I feel like I just have been on the go the last few weeks; I spent the period just before Christmas with my family down in Cornwall, before zooming back to …
SLIPPIN’ ON MY RED DRESS: FABRIC GODMOTHER PEONY DRESS
I love dressing up for this time of year! With various Christmas celebrations fast approaching, I was musing on the idea of making a fancy “party dress” to wear this season. I have had my …
THE BLUES ARE STILL BLUE: KNOWME 2012 (HACKED)
Earlier in October, I convinced Simon that we should head up to Berkeley and visit Stonemountain & Daughter Fabric for a general peruse and to buy a few notions for some of my in-progress projects. …
MINERVA MAKES #21: ATELIER BRUNETTE VISCOSE MODAL & SEW OVER IT GISELLE
Autumn in San Francisco has so far been pretty different than back home in Oxford — for starters, it has been pretty consistently sunny and warm (even hitting 30°c last week!), which makes a pleasant …