Fashion Accessories and Materials in the early 1900's

Image: French Garden House I borrowed a fabulous book from the library called, Fashion since 1900: The complete source book by John Peac...

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Discover: The True Cost of Fast Fashion

Two months ago I watched the brilliant documentary, The True Cost .  The movie highlighted the complexities of the Fast Fashion industry ...

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Discover: Spring / Summer Colour Prediction 2016

Lela Rose Via New York Fashion Week Live Lela Rose A rainbow palette is the hot tip for Spring / Summer 2016 according to Vogue, w...

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Life in London - A snapshot of where we live

Sep 2014 We've just past the one year mark of our new life in London which still feels surreal.  We've had lots of lovely times ...

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Discover: Inspirational Sewing Blogs

Photo: Felicia Semple - The Craft Sessions The Craft Sessions is currently rating number one on my 'virtual bookshelf' .   Cr...

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Sewing: Freestyle Quilt Mash Up

The best way to de-stash before an international move is have a family member have a special birthday and be determined to make a special ...

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Visit: Alexander McQueen - Savage Beauty

via The Pandorian This week I visited the Alexander McQueen Exhibition, Savage Beauty   at the V&A Museum.  It was a visceral exper...

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Discover: Alabama Chanin

I just discovered Alabama Chanin and I'm just so excited about their cool techniques and point of difference in the fashion industry!...

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Sewing: Woven Hemlock Tee

Nani Iro - Shine Many Ways was my choice of fabric for my first woven Hemlock Tee by Grainline Studios.  It's my second Hemlock  an...

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Sewing: Book Week Costumes - Oliver and S Cape

We got to experience our first book week since living here in London!  Something I had always looked forward to doing since having schoo...

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