• You Tube

    Vlog | A day in my sewing life, sewing a Davenport Top hack…

    Hi everyone, Join me as I sew up a hack of the Davenport Dress by Friday Pattern Company. This video is a collab with Becky from Notes from the Sewing Room, we both bought the same fabric and have made up two totally different garments with it… I hope you’ll enjoy seeing what we both made! Sally

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  • Pattern Reviews

    My Three Versions of the Davenport Dress by Friday Pattern Company…

    Now and again a pattern is released, and you know immediately that you NEED to own it and get it into your wardrobe asap.  This was the case for me when Friday Pattern Co released the Davenport Dress pattern.  I loved the boho style of this dress and the little details involved, such as the gathered yoke at the back, the shoulder flutters, the elasticated neckline and let’s be honest – who doesn’t love a drawstring waist anything! I’ve made three versions of the Davenport since buying the pattern last year and in this blog I’m going to give a short run through of how I found the pattern initially…

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  • Tips and Tricks

    How to choose the right fabric for your sewing pattern | My top five tips…

    This is something I’ve been asked about quite a lot recently on Instagram and over on YouTube so I thought I’d write a short blog and make a quick YouTube video explaining how I personally go about selecting my pattern and fabric matches. I hope you might find something helpful in it 🙂 Tip No. 1 – Use the Pattern Envelope… It might be an obvious one but those fabric suggestions are included on the back of your pattern envelope for a good reason and that is that the pattern designer or company think these will work best for the type of garment the pattern is designed to make. That’s…

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  • You Tube

    VLOG | Sew a Davenport Dress by Friday Pattern Company with me…

    Hi everyone! This week’s video is a sew along making the Davenport Dress by Friday Pattern Company in this beautiful Art Gallery rayon fabric. I hope you enjoy it! Everything I mention should be linked below the video but please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any other questions. Thank you for watching! Sally xx

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  • You Tube

    Fabric haul | Sewing and knitting plans and a catch up…

    Hi everyone – welcome to another fabric haul and sewing plans blog and vlog. This blog accompanies my YouTube ‘fabric haul’ video and includes links to everything I talk about within the video. You can watch this video by clicking below. In the video I’m wearing an Ogden Cami by True Bias – you can find this pattern here. I used a cream crepe fabric and I’ve linked similar here. My Sewing Plans I was gifted this beautiful Art Gallery cotton fabric from Minerva for my next Brand Ambassador project for them. You can find this fabric here. I’m planning to make a short sleeved Darling Ranges Dress by Megan…

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