#sewphotohop Day 22 – 29

Day 22: Trims and Haberdashery. I love trimmings but I actually don't have much (at least in comparison to my fabric stash...). I did stumble across *actual* button heaven in Shanghai earlier this year though - who wouldn't want an entire room for trim and haberdashery?! Day 23: Repurpose. I took this at @thegbsblive on Saturday but …

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September sewing plans

August was a busy month but I don't feel like I was as productive as I could have been. I don't have much time in September either for many makes (as you can tell by the late post!) so it's only a short list of plans for this month: Make a dress for a party. …

Brussels Costume and Lace Museum

Following a few days in Germany, our route home left us with a few hours to spare in Brussels in Belgium. Once we had visited lots of chocolate shops and wandered around the Grande Place, we decided to spend an hour or so in a museum. We hadn't made any plans for our time in …

Fabric shopping in Aachen

As some of you may have seen I recently spent a few days in a small city in Germany called Aachen (or Aix-La-Chapelle, if you're French). Situated less that 5km from the Dutch border and almost as close to the Belgian border, this little medieval city is an interesting and pretty place to spend a …

A vintage goldmine

Some of you may already be aware of this as it's been shared a lot in recent weeks, but I recently came across an incredible resource for vintage sewing patterns and it's incredible. It's called the Vintage Pattern Wikia and is completely fan made, but there are thousands of pattern illustrations for you to browse. Currently …

You can’t always love what you make

Sometimes you get the right pattern, you buy the perfect fabric... and it's a disaster. At some point in everyone's sewing history they will make a complete duffer and it goes straight in the bin - it happens and that's ok. However, I am trying to make a more concerted effort to reuse things if …

August sewing plans

Hello! Can you believe that it's August already?? I have a few plans for this month but I don't have much free time, so keep your fingers crossed for me! I've got very few plans for this month as I've found sticking to my sewing plans quite difficult lately as I've not felt too great …

The Big Stitch

This July the British Heart Foundation have been running a competition called The Big Stitch to encourage people to upcycle a garment purchased in store and give it a new lease of life, along with supporting the work the charity do. So many of the clothes we buy end up in landfill so I am …

July sewing plans

Another month, a late post... Better late than never! I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by a lot of things recently and my sewing room has been a little neglected as a result. For that reason, I only have 4 goals for July: Make Simplicity 1696. This was actually one of my goals for June …

A Burda ‘Pete’ tee

I made Hayden a t-shirt! And it fits! And he likes it! Success!!! I picked up this beautifully soft, perfectly medium weight green jersey in Paris last November when I was there with my mum. It was in a tub outside one of Montmartre's coupon shops (sorry, I can't remember which one!) priced at just €5 …