Christmas Decorations

These Christmas decorations I made a lot of not only for in our house but also for my granny 

and charity sales. This is Super easy and looks really effective with very little work. 

The most amount of work was stitching on the holly and a button as a cherry. I used a satin stitch to applique the Holly on. 

great for going along the stairs. 

Check Clutch Bag, turquoise zip

I was Inspired by a large amount of cotton large clutch bags recently, they are a very simple shape, but extremely effective. 

I decided to have a go at creating a clutch bag myself, 

I used a gray check fabric with a turquoise zip. 

Curtain Making

Had my first experience of making curtains. My elder sister has recently moved into

a new house, which obviously means there's no end to the sewing jobs shes got for me.

she wanted long curtains however she bought short ones, so we went fabric shopping and bought a 

much darker colour for the top of the curtains. 

I took the previous top of the curtains off and stitched the darker gray onto. I made new tabs

to attach the curtains onto the rail, I did two lines of stitching at the top to keep the tabs on 

and for general strength. 

Map Dress

The Map dress was something i saw a while ago on Pinterest and 

desperately wanted to make, while fabric shopping with my sister for curtain fabric 

I came across this fabric. 

Obviously I had to Buy it, seen as my check dress had worked so well I decided

to use the same pattern. I box pleated the skirt and took it in as much as I could at the

waist to make it fit.  

So pleased with this dress and the outcome however, I've already heard comments such

as "bet you never get lost with her around" who cares!!!!

Navy check top

This little number was created by using the pattern of the top half of the check dress,

which I just lengthened by a couple of inches, its a navy fabric with red overcheck.

The back of the top is done up with red buttons

Gingham Topshop Inspired skirt

This little skirt was inspired by a skirt that I saw in Topshop a while ago

however the skirt was £50 and I said to myself "I could just make that". 

Which I say quite often, however I went straight to a fabric shop and bought 3 metres of 

the fabric for just over £10. I didn't use a pattern for this skirt I just went ahead 

and box pleated the skirt using the checks on the fabric as a guide and popped it on a waistband. 

An afternoon and £40 better off, as you can see I was rather pleased with the outcome

Just keep Stitching

After graduating in summer I have been lucky enough to get a brilliant job

where I not only get to create costumes in the work room but I also get to help put together 

shows and characters within the hire department within Bristol Costume services

I also haven't stopped sewing in the spare time that I do get.

This fabric was given to me by my granny and I have wanted to create something with it for a while.

I had a dress from years ago that I love the shape off, which the zip had started to go on it, so 

I decided to cut it up and use it as a pattern to create more dresses just like it.