• 2025 Blogs,  Pattern Reviews,  Sewing Inspiration

    FIVE New Dress Sewing Patterns to Make this Spring (including fabric suggestions & styling ideas)

    February 4, 2025 /

    We are into February now which means we can officially start thinking about spring sewing I think, don’t you?? I’m not going to mention for now, the large list of autumn makes that I still wanted to get finished before spring -oops! I’m sure they will still get made at some point…  In today’s blog post, I’m going to be sharing five NEW dress patterns that I would absolutely love to sew up for spring time this year! I’ve purposely chosen transitional pieces this time, so dresses we can wear layered when it’s still a little bit chilly and on their own when it’s warmer outside. I’ll also be sharing…

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  • 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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  • 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 | 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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  • You Tube

    Vlog | TEN of my favourite QUICK & EASY sewing patterns (perfect for beginners)…

    September 16, 2024 /

    Hi everyone, In today’s video I’m sharing ten of my favourite quick and easy sewing patterns. Perfect for beginners and great for more experiences sewists looking for a quick fix or something to spark you sewjo! I’d love to know what you think of my list…! Thanks for watching Sally xx

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