The perfect blouse for lounging in and relaxing on your chaise longue this Festive Season! The thing I love the most about sewing my own...

I recently had the incredible good fortune to while away an hour or two looking through an original copy of the Vogue Pattern Book from...

I've had a Dirndl obsession FOREVER and an enduring love for this Saint Laurent Rive Gauche blouse from the mid 1970's so for my June...

I have recently embarked on a long term personal project exploring the work of the great Elsa Schiaparelli. I wanted to really get my...

One of the items I always seem to be lacking when I'm putting my handmade and vintage outfits together are jackets! Specifically Summer...

Sometimes you just need the pleasure of a simple sew for your Summer wardrobe and the Sweetie blouse is most definitely that! I had in...

It's been in my mind to make a late 30's, early 40's style Shirt Dress for quite some time. I've come across them at vintage fairs and in...

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...

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...

When I was learning the craft of how to cut a pattern many moons ago, I kept a folder of miniature pattern drafting exercises as a...

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

Traditionally, I’ve never been a very good summer dresser and my summer worthy wardrobe has left a lot to be desired. This in part is...

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...

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...