I was lucky enough to have a small group of wonderful testers put the Forest Coat through it’s paces before hitting your shopping baskets. Without them, the pattern would not be the little gem it is today so I want to say a massive thank you to all who tested the coat for me.
Take a look and see what they had to say about it…
Read MoreSay hello to the Forest Coat. This is my first venture into kids patterns and boy has it been an adventure. This coat is part of an exciting collaboration with my friend Annie of Bound Co, a textile designer of the most beautiful quilting fabrics and quilting patterns so this, my fellow makers, is a unisex quilted kid’s coat, ranging from ages 1 - 10.
Read MoreWow, seven editions later and we’ve made it to the final reveal. Well if seven books are good enough for J.K Rowling, then I’m ok with it taking this long! Thanks so much for sticking with me through this series of articles.
Read MoreWelcome back to Making my Wedding Dress. Today I’m finally getting down to the real deal, making the actual dress. It’s a wordy one without too many visuals since looking back at my photos, there’s a lot of tea and not a lot of technique!
Read MoreBy now I was happy enough with my toile to begin and cut out the real thing. Eeek! As mentioned in Part II - Selecting my Fabric, I decided to go with a beautiful silk triple crepe for the main dress. I decided to line it in silk habotai and interlined it with silk organza.
Read MoreI was a little hesitant to make my own dress at first. I had pretty harsh memories of still sewing my Debs dress at 2am the night before the event and absolutely hating the dress by the time I put it on me.
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