My first dress drafted from scratch - complete! Having decided to take on this project in spare moments several months ago, I'm very...

Who’s excited about giving handmade Christmas presents this year? ME! I have a mix of handmade and bought for my family, but I’m...

Another item waiting for its time to shine in my wardrobe, holding out hope every time I open the doors, and failing to be picked out....

I think one of my favourite things about crafts, and sewing in particular, is how many different things you can do and the variety of...

It's easier to ignore a detail from a garment that you're not really keen on and pretend it doesn't exist (secretly hoping it will just...

It’s hard to imagine a time when I didn’t have my sewing buddies to help me out! Mannequins for dressmaking, whether they’re big or...

I DO love it when a plan falls into place, particularly when it involves two garments you have had lying around waiting to be altered in...

There’s always a sense of regret when you buy something that doesn’t fit or look quite right and ends up sitting in your wardrobe looking...

Have you ever looked at an old skirt and thought – ‘perhaps you were destined to be a top’? Well that’s not exactly what I did, but I did...

I imagine it’s hard to remember a time when summery off-the-shoulder tops weren’t in every direction you looked, and it certainly seems...

We all remember the school years of being embarrassed by wearing long skirts (well, perhaps not the older generations!) and desperately...

In a world which is full of fashion in every design and cut, it seems almost impossible to create anything that is truly unique anymore....

It’s all too easy to keep items of clothing we don’t really love, just because there’s always that future glimmer of hope that ‘I’ll...