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My Denim 3 Quarter Coat (and pillarbox patch pockets!)

This post has been a ridiculously long time coming. I actually made this last summer….JUST before I launched into the craziness of The…

Very quick post from me this morning as we are busy here packing to move house. (Did I mention we’re on the move?) But, before I get cracking…

It’s not overstating to say the past few months here in the UK have been crappy. Crappy is too lightweight a word really. (But I don’t…

**UPDATE: This coat has been shortlisted as a finalist in the “Dressmaker of the Year” competition for Make it Today: Dressmaker…

First of all I just want to say thank you to Portia for including me in the refashioners 2016. It is a pleasure to take part and reminds me of how…

I’m not sure refashions can get much simpler than this! This one first appeared in Issue 2 of Simply Sewing Magazine way back at the start of…

Time for another little “fix” of your brilliant and inspiring shirt refashions! Am really enjoying watching these roll into Pinterest…

Aaaaand here we are! Unbelievably, at the end of an entire month of refashioning inspiration and…lets face it….more thanÂ a little…

Hello everyone, and a huge thanks to Portia for inviting me to take part inÂ The Refashioners! First things first, I have to preface this by…

For me â€œrefashionâ€ does not simply mean recovering the fabric from a garment and makingÂ another garment but also recombining the…

While I love denim, I used to think that â€œdouble denimâ€ was a bit of a fashion sin. Now Iâ€™m a convert. Whatâ€™s not to love…

Hello all you Refashioners out there! I admit, I’m not usually much of a Refashioner. I get easily overwhelmed in giant thrift stores but I…