• 2025 Blogs,  Sewing Inspiration

    Planning my sewing for 2025 | How I plan & what I want to sew this year…

    January 20, 2025 /

    How I like to plan my sewing… When it comes to planning for a new year of sewing, I like to look back on the previous year and think about what worked, what went well, what I enjoyed sewing and what has worked well in my wardrobe. I’ve already gone through this in rather a lot of detail in this video here and blog post here so I won’t go over that again but for me that’s a big part of the process in planning for the year ahead. I also find this kind of fun to do too. You can also watch my ‘video version’ of this blog post…

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  • 2025 Blogs,  Yearly Reviews

    Reviewing my year in sewing | 2024 goals revisited, favourites, regrets & lessons learned…

    January 14, 2025 /

    Do you do an annual review of your sewing and making? Call me extra but this is something I absolutely love to do at the start of a new year. As a general rule of thumb I consider everything I made (sewing, knitting & crochet). I think about whether I enjoyed making those things and how I feel about them now I may have had some time to wear them. I also consider how they have fitted into my wardrobe and review any mistakes, failures or things that just didn’t work. I always feel as though reviewing the past year of sewing helps me to more intentionally plan my making…

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  • Yearly Reviews,  2025 Blogs

    Everything I made in 2024 | Sewing, knitting & crochet…

    January 12, 2025 /

    Hi everyone – Happy New Year!! This blog post lists all of the patterns I mention in this related YouTube video where I review my 2024 year in sewing and talk about everything I made, favourites, regrets and lessons learned etc. You can watch this video here… Patterns mentioned and related videos:- Olive Pinafore from the Make It Simple book by Tilly and the Buttons – https://amzn.eu/d/bEtgZkN Fleece Ilford Jacket by Friday Pattern Co. – https://tidd.ly/3YMCDih Watch my video sewing this jacket here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWdenfupMU&t=1076s Tyra Trousers by Ploen Patterns – https://tidd.ly/3AYUetD Button down Lyra Dress hack – https://tidd.ly/4dBFlva Watch my video sewing this dress here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnCWsoyKY7U Jesse T by…

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  • You Tube

    Vlog | A week of handmade Autumn outfits…

    November 11, 2024 /

    Hi everyone, Join me in today’s video where I will be sharing a week of handmade outfits (mixed with some ready to wear clothing too). I’ll also be sharing some snippets from my week! I hope you enjoy the video! Love, Sally xx

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  • You Tube

    Vlog | Declutter, sort and organise my handmade wardrobe with me…

    September 30, 2024 /

    Hi everyone, In today’s video I’m on a mission to sort out my handmade wardrobe which has got out of hand recently – I just have too many clothes… I’m also sharing a little about my thought process when it comes to the turnover and how hard it is to let go when you make a lot of your clothes yourself. I hope you enjoy! Sally x

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  • You Tube

    Vlog | Sew a vintage style Autumn dress with me

    September 23, 2024 /

    Hi everyone, In today’s video I’m sewing up one of my older sewing patterns which you recently voted for me to make – the Sew Over It 1940s Tea Dress. Come along with me and see how it turned out. As always, I’m sharing the ups and downs and giving a few hints and tips along the way. Thanks for watching! Sally x

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