Couture Sewing School – Day 3, 4, 5 & 6: Basting, Fitting & Sewing

Day 3 and everyone is heads down and bums up thread tracing their pattern pieces. I’m definitely thinking I’m glad … More

Couture Sewing School – Day 1 & 2: Fitting and Fabric

I ended up going in on the first day with two muslins – one made up of Burda 6689, and … More

I’m back. Sort of! Limited amounts of time have begun popping up in which I can start enjoying sewing again … More

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

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