These little flower brooches came from an idea on the Martha Stewart website. Martha had these paper flowers you string together to make party decorations. I thought why not use fabric scraps to make flower brooches instead? The template is easy enough. It’s a...
T Shirt ideas This idea of customising old white tank tops with scraps of whatever I have lying around has been an interesting journey. This tank top got some of the left-over knicker elastic from the headbands I made a few months back. Much like with the green wool...
Make your own summer dress Following on from the – the last post – here is another version of the easy triangle dress. To re-state what I have probably said a few times in this blog, the variations when you make your own clothes are endless. This...
Sun dress from an old table cloth This triangle shaped sun dress is so easy to make. I will admit I downloaded this particular pattern for free but I wish I hadn’t. This download version has four pattern pieces. Hence the seam in the front of this dress in the...
DIY side stripe trousers In the picture is some of the velvet ribbon about to be sewn to the trousers to turn them into Tuxedo style trousers. You could also stitch the ribbon along the outer side seam for a more authentic Tuxedo trousers look. Not much explaining...
