Making a shift dress pattern Here is the shift dress. There are only two pieces to the pattern, the dress part and the neck facing. No zips or buttons to worry about. It is dead easy to make. I made this particular one a bit longer. All you do is cut the dress...
How I made a shift dress pattern In the picture is a shift dress I bought at H and M a while back. Finding a pattern to make this dress proved impossible. So in the end, much like the slip top in earlier posts, I decided to cut a pattern from this dress. It’s...
Cushion cover tutorial So today’s item is not one you can wear. It’s a scatter cushion cover. I used different coloured fabrics for the back and front to use up perfectly good left-over fabric. If it’s a standard scatter cushion, the dimensions are...
How to embellish shoes My aim with this blog is to share what I consider easy ways to spruce up existing clothes or accessories. Or to show items I have made that don’t require much skill. There are wonderful crafting websites with some astounding ideas. But I...
DIY Chanel inspired coat Following on from yesterday’s post. Here is one of my own versions of adding a trim to perk up a jacket or coat. The inspiration for this was Chanel. A few years back they had trench coats with this particular type of trim. I saw Madonna...
