easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in corsages, crafty things on Aug 2nd, 2011
I made this little silk rose a while ago, but forgot to take a photo to show you. It’s backed onto a magnet, so you can wear it as a buttonhole on a smart jacket without making pin holes. Now I’ve seen this larger-than-life picture I think I might add a silk-covered button in the [...]
Posted in corsages on Sep 14th, 2009
I haven’t been showing you very many of my wedding plans on here, but this is a little something I thought other people might be interested in. They’re not quite finished yet, but these are the basis of the buttonholes that our families and Best Man are going to wear on the day. The pink [...]
Posted in corsages, FAQ, inspiration, photos, sewing, skirts on Sep 11th, 2009
Pink Salamander made a skirt, using my Gathered Skirt Tutorial. The bird fabric is from IKEA – isn’t it adorable? You can read all about the project over on Burda Style. Ariane had a go at the Flower Brooch Tutorial, and came up with these gorgeous creations. Not having a huge stash of buttons, she [...]
This is what I’ve been up to today – making an enormous flower brooch using suffolk puff (yo yo) techniques. I’ve written up a tutorial for you, if you’d like to make your own!
This is Simplicity 4050, sadly now out of print. The only change I made to the pattern was to add a tie belt to the waistband. The plain pink fabric is from my stash of Bishopston organic cottons, and the cupcakes are by Martha Negley for Rowan. Chloe had seen the photograph of a dress [...]
I made this one for my Mum. I’ve been trying to think of something pretty to make from this fabric for ages, but I had such a tiny piece that I didn’t know what to do with it. The fabric is the remnants from a dress which was made for my Mum when she was [...]
I’d never made a Suffolk Puff before today, and now I’ve made a dozen: They’re made from offcuts of the Bishopston organic cottons, with a little bit of Fair Trade batik thrown in for good measure. The centres are made from self-cover buttons. These particular puffs are going to be sewn on to organic cotton [...]