The Art Market went really well on Sunday - I sold a few things, and came home with a lovely print of a girl with pink hair!
The skirt above is another cherry print circle skirt for Tiger Lilly in the Harris Arcade, to replace one that was sold a few weeks ago. I’m going to [...]
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Here’s today’s offering - another full circle skirt for Tiger Lilly, this time in a bold cherry print. This one’s a size XL, which covers UK dress sizes 24-28.
I have one more tunic dress to make now, which will also be in this cherry print fabric, and then I can label everything up and take [...]
This is another skirt for Tiger Lilly in the Harris Arcade, and I think it’s my favourite so far! It’s probably just as well that it’s not my size, otherwise I’d be far too tempted to keep it.
I have one more skirt and another tunic to make, and then I’m going to deliver everything to [...]
In case you’ve been wondering about the sudden flurry of sewing photographs that have been appearing on Flickr and Twitter - I’ve been asked to put together a few things for a local shop.
Tiger Lilly is an independent vintage and retro boutique in Reading’s Harris Arcade. Chloe has a lovely ever-changing collection of vintage clothes [...]
I’m a little bit poorly this week, and the medication I’m taking is leaving me unable to concentrate, so I spent the day yesterday making a very simple skirt.
It’s made in the same way as my Elasticated Skirt but instead of being an a-line shape, this one’s a full circle. What looks like the waistband [...]
I’ve had this fabric for about eighteen months, but I’ve been “saving” it for just the right outfit. First it was going to be Vogue 8470, and then McCalls 5431. Then I decided that neither of those options would be comfortable, and I couldn’t decide what to do instead.
Chris Zydel wrote yesterday about how precious [...]
I spent half of the weekend in what can only be described as “a bit of a state”. Things seemed rather hopeless on the sewing front, and I wasn’t at all looking forward to coming out to my Shed to start work this morning.
I decided to finish off this fleecy skirt, which had been waiting [...]
This skirt’s been a long time coming - I think it’s two years since I bought this fabric!
It will shortly be on its way to Melanie, who has an enduring love affair with Paris, Versailles, and all things Marie Antoinette.
The skirt is different from my usual elasticated skirts - instead of just a front and [...]
I made a new skirt to wear for Valentine’s Day.
It’s a full circle with an elasticated waistband.
I didn’t have enough fabric to make the skirt as long as I wanted, so I added a ruffle at the hem instead.
The ruffle isn’t as, well, ruffly as I would have liked, but considering it took just over an hour [...]
No, not the nose-wiggling variety, nor the Ella Fitzgerald song… but the Alexander Henry fabric of the same name!
I’ve made dozens of these simple elasticated skirts now, and I never cease to be pleased with how prettily they turn out.
I’ve been asked to write up a tutorial for drafting the pattern in your own size, [...]