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Fledgling Dress: Lisette Portfolio – Simplicity 2245
Brighton's brilliant budget fabric emporium Fabricland has produced some fabulous fabrics in their Hill-Berg range recently. This bird print Tweet Tweet heavy linen-look cotton is great! It reminds me...
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Sketchbook Explorations
One of my resolutions for this year was to start drawing again. I've dipped in and out of drawing in my adult years, attended a few months of life drawing in my twenties, took part in Katie Sollohub's...
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Create It! McCall's M5928 Mix & Match Dress
McCall's Create It range was a 1990s collection of sewing patterns designed with interchangeable mix and match pattern pieces so that you could customise the design and 'make it your own'. Sadly it...
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The 3 Hour Dress: Butterick 3349 Vintage Sew & Go
I made this dress in three hours from start to finish, including cutting out the paper tissue pattern. It's a Butterick 3349, a vintage 70s kimono sleeve pull-over dress from Butterick's fabulous Sew...
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A second year of sewing my own clothes
It's time I documented my second year of making my own clothes. This year there was no outright self-imposed ban on buying new or second hand clothes, so I have been lucky to acquire a few more...
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Decorating the BugCycle Garden with Gudrun Sjödén
Worthing's BugCycle community garden has just become even more colourful thanks to a generous donation from Gudrun Sjödén, Swedish designer of sustainable fashion and champion of environmentally...
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24 Hours in Stockholm
A flying visit to Stockholm gave me the chance to sample the textures and colours of this stunning Scandinavian city. The motive for my trip was an invitation to take part in a photo shoot for Gudrun...
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Postcard from Malmö
It's seven years since I last visited Malmö and in that time the city has transformed from post industrial port into a colourful model of eco-friendliness. I walked through the fabulous Folkets Park...
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Cycling Post To The Coast Art Trail
I picked a sunny day to cycle Post To The Coast art trail. An evolving heritage project by Creative Waves Community Arts, this year-long coastal trail covers a 6 mile route starting at Worthing Lido's...
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The Fig Frock: Simplicity 1080 Dottie Angel Dress
Having resolved to cease blogging my dress makes (as documenting them often takes as long as making them), I will break this resolution to join in with the collective outpouring of joy at having...
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Postcard from Berlin
As I set the alarm for the start of a new school term, I'll take a few minutes to mull over my summer holiday photos from Berlin. In four short days we explored the city on foot, from the top of a...
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Falling for Gudrun Sjödén's Autumn Collection
The buzz on Instagram is that Gudrun Sjödén's Autumn 2015 collection is her best yet. While I don't disagree, it's fair to say that every new Gudrun Sjödén collection is met with great excitement and...
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Block the block not Worthing beach!
Time is running out for residents of Worthing to oppose property developer Roffey Homes proposed 21 storey tower block on our beautiful beach. Adur & Worthing Council have received 1089 objections...
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Happy 6th Birthday Wukulele Jam!
This week we're celebrating the sixth birthday of Wukulele with a bumper birthday uke jam at Shoreham's Ukulele Festival Sussex on Sunday 20th September. Our jam forms part of a packed programme of...
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Gudrun's Friends' Diary
I was invited to document my week in photographs for a new feature on Gudrun Sjödén's website, Gudrun's Friends Diary. I regularly photograph my world for Instagram so jumped at the chance to be...
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Avant-garde House Dress: Marcy Tilton Vogue 8813
Marcy Tilton's Vogue 8813 sewing pattern is her take on a vintage French house dress but I'd say it owes more to the Japanese avant-garde designs of Issey Miyake and this is why I love it. The sheared...
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Marcy Tilton Hotchpotch Reprise: Vogue 8813
Some sewing patterns are worth repeating without delay and this is the second Marcy Tilton Vogue 8813 dress I have made this month. The fabric is a light weight fine Indian cotton with hand printed...
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Super Heroine Tendencies: Stylish Party Dresses - Dress O
This is Dress O from Yoshiko Tsukiori's latest English translation sewing title Stylish Party Dresses (published as Formal and Little Black Dress in Japan). There are several elegant dresses in this...
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Foremothers and Folk Prints at Gudrun Sjödén
Last week I visited Gudrun Sjödén's Covent Garden store for the festive launch of her Christmas 2015 collection. This friendly, welcoming event for Gudrun's customers gave us the chance to meet...
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Merry Christmas Wukulele Jam!
Sunday was the official start of the Christmas party season with a festive edition of Wukulele Jam upstairs at Worthing's art deco Rowing Club. Our own Christmas Songbook (compiled by Harriet) had...
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