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June 26, 2016

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Kirstie Allsopp's Handmade Party Crowns! DIY Paper Pom-Pom Crown Tutorial

This festive season I fell for 'Kirstie's Handmade Christmas'. As did my mother, who watched the show for a second time just so I could see and appreciate it with her without any complaint. As a result I bought her a copy of the lovely book to accompany Kirstie's crafty show for her birthday, which as it so happens, (regretfully for my bank account), is close to Christmas!

Kirstie worked with Rosy Nicholas on the show for this craft, who was adorable.

Our fave craft from the Christmas special show was the paper crowns which we worked on and modelled over the festive season. The girl helping was stylish indeed and I had no idea that making paper flowers could be so easy, fun and seriously ADDICTIVE! Could this be the new crack of the crafting world?
Although this is from the Christmas show this is most def a trans-seasonal project, I'm thinking birthday parties, summer festivals, maybe even as decorations hanging from the ceiling. It is very easy to adjust the siz…

Great Gatsby Style, Sewing Ideas, Patterns and Inspiration!

So, have you seen it yet? Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby was fabulously fun and frivolous, dripping with both literal and metaphorical champagne, glitter and diamonds. I loved it, my girl chum I went with seemed to agree but BF was more sceptical. It was a little ridiculous at times but having seen other Luhrmann films I kinda knew what to expect. More than anything, the film was a visual treat (apart from the hideous panning shots at high speed which made me literally sea sick, despite the sea being 50 miles away) I left inspired to make and create and to me, that is a good film. So, as this is my little sewing blog, I thought I would post some ideas on how to create a 1920's style wardrobe fit for the pretty Daisys of this world. I have sought to find sewing patterns I feel would match each of the style features I picked out from the film, but if you have any other ideas, or have been sewing some vintage, 20's inspired outfits (yes, I wore my me made 20's dress to the c…

Sewing Plans and DIY Wedding Dress Update

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