Nine weeks down, 27 challenges completed and three contestants left!  The final of The Great British Sewing Bee was last night!  Did you...

Semi final week on the Great British Sewing Bee 2025!  The series is going by so quickly!  Only Caz, Kit, Yasmin and Orla left fighting...

This week’s episode of the Great British Sewing Bee 2025 was right up my street!  (Every episode is for obvious reasons but this one...

Welcome to the final part of my button series: How to make a fabric covered button Take your piece of fabric and identify which area you...

When I first started dressmaking, it didn’t really occur to me that there was any other way of making your own clothes aside from using...

The Penelope pattern from Modkid Boutique is a pattern that has been around for a long time now but its one that I keep coming back to...

I bought the Sophia dress pattern from By Hand London quite some time ago now and was attracted to it by its sleek lines and figure...

A lot of the things I sew end up being garments that I class as for ‘special occasions’.  Clothes that are made out of really pretty...

Ironing and pressing are fundamental parts of the sewing process and help to make your project look polished and professional. Ironing is...

I have really been in need of a new winter coat over the past couple of months!  I didn’t want to buy one in the shops as I have quite a...

As December is just round the corner, party season is almost upon us which only means one thing…..which Christmas party dress can we sew...

Thread is one of the most fundamental parts of sewing but its often given the least thought!  When you first start sewing, you usually...

As the days are getting shorter and the nights are drawing in, my mind has turned to Autumn / Winter sewing. The first category that...

To start sewing might have been something that you have wanted to do for a while but you have never got round to actually doing it. If...

If you have been dressmaking for a while using patterns and feel like you might be ready to start some pattern drafting of your own, I...

A dressmaking pattern review for the Tilly & The Buttons Mabel dress

1. Photography The first thing I learnt from Me Made May 2023 (well, I knew this already!) is that I really don’t like taking pictures...

Me Made May is the brainchild of Zoe Edwards who runs the blog 'So, Zo...' (sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com) and also the Podcast Check...

When I first started making my own clothes, I used the first pins that came to hand and to be honest, that was fine for a long time. ...

I thought I would do a different kind of post today and instead of reviewing the Sew Over It Lois dress pattern that I have just made, I...