Advance warning: this post features pictures of me in a skirt, with bare legs. I can assure you, this doesn’t happen very often. In fact, hardly ever. I dunno whether it’s…
When one of my friends gave me an invite to her wedding reception, I started to get a little excited. Way more excited than I normally would at the thought…
So the Easter weekend that it seemed we spent so long waiting for has disappeared behind us already. Time flies, amirite? We’re almost in May already 😨 Here in London…
You guys know how much I love Deer and Doe patterns, so I’m not gonna try to deny it 🤷🏻♀️🤣 Let’s move forward from that and on to my latest…
Welcome to the first Wanderstitch post of 2019! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, however you spent it. Ours was quiet, as it usually is,…
I think Summer is definitely on its way now, given that the recent trend in London seems to be that we get at least one hot day for every miserable…
Have you ever found one pattern that you love so much that you just want to keep on making it, forever and ever and ever? As well as the Kielo…
…except maybe when the Seine has burst its banks, the city has just had its worst snowfall for decades and all travel in/out/around the city is in chaos. But the Eurostar…
Guys, there’s a new kid on the sewing pattern block! My Handmade Wardrobe patterns are the brainchild of Sarah from Crafty Sew and So in Leicester – owning a successful shop isn’t…
Even though ‘new blacks’ swing around quite frequently – ‘orange is the new black’, ‘red is the new black’ etc – let’s face it there will never actually be a…
So I’ve officially found a wardrobe-builder pattern – the Republique Du Chiffon Charlotte skirt. It’s quick to make, It fits me just how I like skirts to fit (ie actually fits…
Well, that’s Autumn pretty much over for another year. Those few weeks where the leaves turn beautiful shades of gold and red are my favourite time of the year – I wish…
I’ve had the Madeline pattern for a few years now, since back when I was then starting to occasionally (and pretty unsuccessfully) dabble in sewing clothing. I completed the skirt,…
Hmm, another skirt. I seem to be sewing a lot of these for someone who always used to prefer trousers. I’ve never really been in to skirts – I’m not…
Some things in life are just meant to be. That last pair of shoes in the sale that are your size, the chance meeting with a future partner, being in the…
As much as I’d love to wear all the crazy clothes all the time, sadly it doesn’t quite mesh with having a full-time office job. With the change from summer to…
It was love at first sight for me and this fabric. The pinks, the greens, the skyline… I had all the heart eyes for it. So much so that I…
It’s my absolute life dream to live in New York City. I’m not totally sure of the exact reason why. There’s something about the city, the buzz, the diversity, the…
The golden eras of fashion for me are definitely all long in the past. When you look back at the fashions that represent each of the decades – the 20’s…
Being a cyclist, my legs are pretty chunky and most of the time feature at least one bruise from smacking a pedal against my shin when I’ve got a bit…
