Making Life more Beautiful
I got some very nice feedback for my first off the shoulder dress, and provided some information about how I have developed the design. You may remember the toile for the off the shoulder princess line dress with an attached … Continued
My daughter had been looking for a sober, navy, knee length, short-sleeved formal dress. In a slim size 6. She had ordered a dress or two online and sent them back. I offered to make her one, knowing that the … Continued
Ta da! I have made it up. That was an exciting project. You may remember my sketch, toile and fabric. Design I was required to create this dress as part of my college course. I really liked the opportunity to … Continued
I will remember this particularly sad May for a long time. Thank you all of you have left a sweet comments about John. So I wore Me Made everyday in May, as pledged. It wasn’t a difficult challenge as I … Continued
I am getting a little bit tired of this project. May is a long month! You are probably getting fed up of pictures of my daily grins. I am slightly running out of outfits. And I am absolutely running out … Continued
Last weekend we had a Jordanian adventure holiday meet-up at the beautiful home of Bridget and Julian in Mile End, East London. What fun. On our trip to the River Jordan, we sat behind the couple, who amused us as … Continued
Our project this week was to make a pattern for a tent dress. Although our teacher showed us some fairly nice pictures of tent dresses I wasn’t keen. She picked out this Victoria Beckham number which was controversial. In the class … Continued
Another week; another set of pictures taken by random helpers; another week of variable, unpredictable British weather. It really isn’t very nice at the moment. There are a few sunny days, interspersed with rain and chills. Like many Brits, as … Continued
Once upon a time I had a white Karen Millen dress with big red flowers on it. Dressy, yet comfortable; flattering but not revealing, I wore this dress for various warm weather “events” for several years. I loved the colour … Continued
I have been “doing” Me Made May 2016 for a week now, which involves wearing something i made everyday and getting a photograph. I have completed the first week. The photos are taken by my husband, my PA, the sales manager … Continued