Kitschy Coo

I haven't made anything for Jamie for about a year and now that he's not treating my wares a kryptonite, I thought it was high time I did. He was so grateful and excited about it I really need to work ...

I love my testers, I really do. Bron from Rhubarb Crumble just completed my reversible party frock pattern and knocked my socks of with her feedback. So a couple small changes to the tute and the pattern ...

What a clever lot you are for guessing this was a mei tai!Our friends that live in Paradise had a wee baby girl last week. I was going to make her some clothes but I remember when I had my first that you get so many clothes as gifts that some things are only worn once before outgrowing. ...

I hadn't made Maia a winter coat yet this year and once my Thinsulate arrived I had no excuse. I've been agonising over which of my fabrics to use and then last month when Vonnie and I were out fabric shopping I saw this amazing fabric. ...

In between bouts of self-flagellation I've been working on my first winterised coat using Thinsulate. This is for a customer who (luckily for me) has a coat obsession and this is the first of two coats ...

These are the costumes that I've been slogging over for at least eleven years. Or maybe the last two days. It felt like eleven years though due to the amount of bleach fumes I've inhaled.I wasn't organised enough to buy blanks to embellish, so I made the tops and leggings from stratch as well. ...

The kids are going to a Halloween party tomorrow and in my typical procrastinatory fashion, I worked all day yesterday making them matching costumes. Then I found out in the afternoon that Jamie was having a Halloween party at nursery today, with costumes. ...

I briefly mentioned the other day that I'd been making a lot of babylegs for the little toilet trainer. Not everyone knew what they were so, in short: legwarmers. Now that it's cold and dreich here she really needs something on her legs but tights don't come down as quickly as the bladder demands. ....

Another project completed in my prolific computer-free week: a mermaid party frock! When I think back on my childhood, the thing that strikes me now is that I was abused or at least neglected. Because ...

If there was one good thing about being sans computer for most of last week, I was very prolific on the sewing front. Being a masochist practical, I used the opportunity of the half-term holidays from nursery and childminder to toilet train Maia. ...

My patterns arrived from the printers yesterday so I'm excited to announce that the asymmetrical jacket pattern in sizes 5Y/6Y/7Y/8Y has hit my shop!Like the toddler version, this jacket is a swing fit ...

Buoyed by your enthusiastic comments on my tunic dress, I had a go making a couple of variations. This bum-skimming tunic has long sleeves:Because of the length, it didn't really suit ties in the back so I made it one size smaller to be more fitted. ...