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Lulu Gathered Mini Dress by The Aware Collection – A pattern review in collaboration with Makerist
For this blog post I’ve teamed up with Makerist.com who kindly invited me to review two of their patterns and are offering my lovely followers the chance to win one of three free patterns in a GIVEAWAY over on my Instagram account @secret_life_of_a_seamstress. I’d love you to pop over and enter if you can 🙂 Makerist are also kindly offering 20% off of all full price patterns so if you’d like to treat yourself to a lovely sewing pattern as well as enter the giveaway simply enter the code SECRETLIFE20 at checkout. *Please be aware that the giveaway ends on Monday 21 September and discount code ends on Monday 19 October, so…
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VLOG – What I’ve been sewing during July and August (part 1)
Hi everyone, welcome back to my channel and to a bit of an overdue ‘sew and tell’ all about what I’ve been making over July and August. As there are quite a few makes to get through I’ve decided to split the video into a part one and part two. I would love you to subscribe to my channel if you haven’t already and don’t forget to hit the notification bell to be notified of any future videos I make. Happy sewing and thank you again for your support! Sally xx
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Sew That Look VLOG
Join me as I attempt to recreate a High Street look with a bit of pattern hacking. Don’t forget to subscribe to my channel and give the video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it and I’ll see you next time. Sally xx
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VLOG – What I made in June. Sewing | Knitting and Hacking
Join me for my latest vlog chatting all about what I made in June. There’s some dressmaking, some home sewing, some knitting and a hack project I’m working on. Happy sewing!! Sally xx
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Tilly & The Buttons Mimi Blouse Pattern and Fabric Review
I have had the Tilly and the Buttons ‘Love At First Stitch’ book for a long while now and I’ve always loved the look of this blouse. As seems to be normal for me though, I decided to ogle it for a while before actually getting on and making it. I absolutely loved the look of this chiffon, navy and red leaf print fabric from Minerva and thought that it would be a lovely match for the Mimi pattern. You can find this gorgeous fabric here. Here’s a review of how I found both the pattern and fabric to work with. Pattern: Mimi Blouse from the Tilly and the Buttons…
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My Sew Over It Dress & Playsuit Collection
Join me to talk all about my collection of Sew Over It dresses and playsuits. I really like making these videos and looking over all of the different versions I’ve made. Thank you for watching, I’d love you to subscribe if you haven’t already I’m hoping to make weekly videos and upload on a Saturday night. Sally xxx
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Five mistakes I made as a beginner Sewist – who is very much still learning…
If you’re thinking of trying out sewing or dressmaking but are worried about making mistakes, don’t let it put you off! We’ve all been there and I for one am very much still learning… Here are five (there are many more) mistakes I made in the beginning which have helped me to learn and hopefully might be helpful to you too if you’re thinking about starting out on your own dressmaking journey. Trying patterns that were beyond my skillset as a beginner It’s all too easy to be tempted to sew that beautiful dress that you’ve seen and fallen in love with but so many times in the beginning of…
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Megan Nielsen Sudley Dress/Top Hack
I think I have an obsession with Megan Nielsen dress patterns, there’s always so much potential to adapt and so many different variations to the patterns. When I saw this beautiful blue spot crepe fabric on the Minerva website loved it immediately and wasn’t sure what to make with it at first, then the Sudley Dress pattern came into my life and I knew it would be the perfect match. I wasn’t sure at first whether to make the dress version or a top from this fabric and in the end I settled on something in between. A sort of hack of the pattern to make a peplum top. Here’s…
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My Sew Over It Top Collection Vlog
In this video I thought I’d show you all of the Sew Over It top patterns I’ve made. Click the link below to watch and don’t forget to subscribe if you’d like to 🙂 Thanks so much for watching! Sally xx
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Sew With Me Vlog | Safiya Wrap Playsuit
Join me as I sew the Safiya Wrap Playsuit from the new Tilly and the Buttons book Make It Simple. This was such a fun vlog to film, if you enjoy it do let me know if you’d like to see more of this type of video. Have you made anything from this book yet? I’m looking for inspiration for my next make… Lots of love as always! Sally xx
