My Me Made May – week four
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
Corseted dress challenge
Marianna of Sew2Pro has set a new challenge, which is to make up this dress, or perhaps a version inspired by it. It is by Six Napoleon, and involves 8m of silk organza for the skirt and a boned, corset … Continued
Me Made May 2016 – Week Three
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
Pattern cutting 0.4 Hooped, dropped shoulder dress
This week’s project was more challenging. First we had to create a dropped shoulder, and then create style lines across the dart areas. Those 1980s models look demonic. I have to admit i got quite excited. These off the shoulder … Continued
Pattern cutting 0.3 The tent dress
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
Me Made May – week two
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
Summer princess line dress (based on Karen Millen dress)
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
Me Made May 2016 – Week One
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
Summer princess line pencil dress – the toile
You may remember I drafted a princess line dress, based on my new personal dress block. I used some nice fabric that I had bought, very cheaply, when I put my SWAP fabrics together. I thought it might work well … Continued
Shall I do Me Made May?
You probably know of “Me Made May” started by Zoe of the well known “So, Zo…’ blog. The idea is you promise the world that you will wear more of your handmade clothes. I have been put off before by the … Continued
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