#handmadewardrobe

Good morning everyone, best wishes for the Easter holidays. It has been beautiful here, and I have enjoyed the sun. I'm in the middle of a balcony makeover - I found a few more ideas to try last night

We had snow here today after the rampages of Storm Ciara yesterday. It has melted now, leaving puddles wherever there is a slight hollow. The temperature has dropped, it feels very cold out and those puddles

Here are the skirt tiers, ready to be joined to the bodice.

One of my sisters gifted me a lot of 1-yard pieces of colorful cotton prints. She got them for a quilt originally, but I loved all the pink, green, and blue flowers and decided to pair the fabrics with

I made this skirt years ago, when I still had a waistline. The fix consisted of moving the eyes of my hook-and-eye closures to a tab of wide, soft waistband elastic. Here is how it looks when fastened.

My Dennis the Menace stripey jumper has been sitting on the side, while I was working out how to match the stripes across the sleeves from the body. I've read several times in @neumannsalva's posts about

I love this blouse, but it is a bit tight to get on and really tough to get off. Seems to me my best option is to add a button band at the front or just make a new blouse with stretchy smocking at the

The summer clearance sales are starting so I've been having a look at my favourite shops to see what's on offer. I have to start with Liberty's Tana Lawn Cotton and there's a great selection with prices

An A-Line skirt is perfect: Easy to make, will flatter every figure and is a great addition to a capsule wardrobe. I have read these lines many times on blogs, magazines and recently in a sewing book I

It’s May. The sun is shining, birds chirping happily in the blooming trees. Bees are hunting for the best flower and this – my friends – is me: flowered out in handmade garments 😅. It is the first time

I know you expect to read a post about my finished wrap dress… I too expected this. But I surprised myself by tackling a long-time project instead: taking in the waistband of a long-loved jeans. All of

I did it again or is it already again again? Sewing something that doesn’t fit. You my dearest readers will know this better than me, as I suppress every thought about my craft-fails – a very helpful method

The first two paragraphs arey a very long intro. If you want to read about my meagre progress with the lila knitted sweater and are interested in Kitchener stitch: skip and jump forward :-D I am outdated,

It's been a busy fortnight: work is picking up as we approach the date for incorporating the consortium of 28 charities I work with in London. Lots of meetings and lots of documenting for me. I'm relentlessly

Source: Dennis the Menace and Gnasher copyright: DC Thompson and Co. Dennis the Menace was one of a series of comic strips in the Beano, a popular comic in many childhoods, including mine. The children

It did not work out. In the end I had a sweater I will not make again. I lost my precious fabric to the realm of destruction. Above my sewing machine dark clouds are gathering. Far away I can hear thunder

Not much ado on the knitting front, spring is also gone and perhaps tomorrow the world is coming to an end. You don‘t believe me??!!! Than you are a wise human being, because that’s only my inner grumbler

Marie Kondo has been featuring a lot recently, and today I read an article in the Guardian about psychological de-cluttering, something I'm sure will strike a chord with a few people here. Source "Along

I am boring. And a coward. Now it is out. And as it is #nedleworkmonday you have guessed right, I spoke of my sewing abilities. Last year I think I have made approximately a million half circle skirts

Last week, I wrote about using fake Fair Isle: the knitting looks, vaguely, like Fair Isle, but the patterns are created using slip stitches. These are some squares I made last year for a throw. You can