It’s a Girl!

And we’ve named her Billie Jemima – born last month, ridiculously healthy and definitely on the larger end of the … More

V7975: French Jacket II

My dear mum celebrated her 60th in May, and to commemorate, I dedicated many loving hours to make her a French … More

After the great success that was the Ruched Maternity Skirt, I figured I’d leveled up and so started on the … More

There was a point where all of a sudden I had nothing that fit. I procrastinated about sewing knits by … More

Pregnancy is seeing me do things I would never normally do… like sewing with a plan. It’s refreshing to know that my … More

My goodness, the weather has been completely against me ever getting photos of this new wardrobe addition. But with Frocktails … More

“Hi, my name is Melanie, and it’s been 6 months since I last posted”. Yep, and about 5 of that … More

A week after watching these videos, and I still can’t get them out of my head. Watch the mental shift … More

I had forgotten how quickly a simple 5 pattern piece garment can come together…. and is there anything more frivolously … More

Do you wash your self-made things separately to your RTW stuff? Hand wash them instead? Maybe it’s never even occurred to … More