A 1950s swing coat
I love to wear a fitted coat. The problem is that if it is too fitted you can only wear it over a lightweight dress. I needed a coat I could wear in winter – over a blouse, cardigan … Continued
Making tops
I have had a bad experience with tops. I remember making a shirt for my City and Guilds exam. It had to be drafted and made up. Drafting the collar was really hard work and I didn’t understand what I … Continued
White Linen 1950s blouse
I buy quite a lot of white fabric, mainly because I enjoy printing and painting on fabric to create unique textiles. The fabric I used to make my white blouse for the SWAP was in fact what I had left … Continued
Blue Suit Vogue 7379
My SWAP suit This suit started with one metre of tweedy fabric I got from my favourite fabric shop Simplyfabrics of Brixton. I bought 1m for a generic skirt when I had only made one skirt in 25 years. I … Continued
My first SWAP
Sewing with a Plan! I have only been sewing again since March 2013, although I used to do a lot when my kids were small. But since then I have relied on the internet for inspiration, advice, tutorials, pattern and … Continued
A desired object
This beautiful skirt was first previewed in 2011 and I fell in love. It featured in the Preen Spring/Summer 2012 collection. I wanted to buy it and visited their shop in Notting Hill but it was sold out. I found … Continued
Does my collar look big in this?
While her iconic wrap dress is particularly famous, she produced several patterns for Vogue and I have a few of them. An interesting write up of her work can be found here, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the wrap … Continued
My favourite dress
Yves St Laurent’s 1965 Mondrian dress collection features one of the most iconic dresses of all time. Quoted in several books and articles, and on display in museums from time to time, this dress has always been in my consciousness. … Continued
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