~Vintage Ski Style Inspiration for your Handmade Wardrobe~ The days and weeks after Xmas can be rather bleak and lacklustre so the idea...

I've long been obsessed with The Vampire's Wife and I just love everything about her aesthetic. So, unable to afford the price tag for...

With the onset of Autumn, the longer evenings and the distant cackle of broomstick riding witches on the salt sea breeze {You will hear...

Way back at the start of this year, I wrote about my need for new pieces in my Lingerie wardrobe {read here} and I've only just got round...

I've said it many times, both here and on Youtube but I'm really not good in the Sun! I burn, melt and suffer and have never really found...

I love a good basic pattern that you can hack the life out of and make all sorts of versions for all sorts of occasions. It becomes a...

There aren't many things I missed during lockdown, other than my dear ones, but a leisurely meander around the iconic Liberty London...

One early June morning, my dear friend, Georgina and I took a drive through the lush English countryside to the village of Tenterden in...

The film, Chocolat, based on the novel by Joanne Harris, has to my mind, one of the most perfect and attainable vintage inspired...

I've mentioned Mr Poe in my Journal before and a few lines of his poem, 'Alone' have been floating through my mind over the last few...

Anyone who has spent any time round here will know of my love of a good Tea dress. I've written about it before so I won't go on too much...

Detachable collars are THE thing at the moment! And so they should be ~ they're a brilliant idea! Easy to make and requiring little...

As I sort through my wardrobe at the change of seasons, I realise that there are some significant omissions that would be grateful...

If you're looking for something light to read, that's funny and full of vintage charm, then you can't go far wrong with this fabulous...

Even though I can smell Spring in the air, the cold sea winds in the little Coastal Town in which I live are still bitter so something to...

I first saw Hedy Lamarr when I was a young girl in the film 'Ziegfield Girls' and fell in love. {It was a double whammy for me because...

One of the challenges for the dressmaker wishing to create a vintage inspired reproduction wardrobe is finding the right fabrics. Have...

The temperatures have dropped and there's the smell of wood smoke in the air. All I want to do is get cosy, layer up and keep warm but...

On the whole, I don't have much luck with online auctions so I was beyond the Moon when I won this gorgeous vintage pattern recently! If...

It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut sartorially speaking and this happened to me in a big way a few years back. Getting dressed had become...