Sewing My Dream Wardrobe ~ The Gwendoline Skirt
Sometimes several ideas and inspirations collide when you're pondering new treasures you want for your handmade wardrobe and a little bit...
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Tara Deighton
- Nov 23, 2023
- 3 min
Introducing the Siouxie Blouse
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...
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Tara Deighton
- Oct 15, 2023
- 1 min
Introducing the Minnie Beanie ~ A FREE Knitting Pattern inspired by Minnie Mouse
In celebration of Disney's Centenary which falls this year, I designed this FREE knitting pattern, the Minnie Beanie to mark the...
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Tara Deighton
- Oct 11, 2023
- 4 min
Vintage Inspiration ~ Vogue Pattern Book October 1937
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...
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Tara Deighton
- Jul 17, 2023
- 3 min
Planning A Capsule Wardrobe to Sew for a Summer Holiday
I've recently been dreaming of a trip to Venice, one of my favourite destinations in the whole world and thinking of the capsule wardrobe...
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Tara Deighton
- Jun 12, 2023
- 2 min
Sewing My Dream Wardrobe ~ The Anjelica Blouse
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...
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Tara Deighton
- Jun 5, 2023
- 2 min
A Mid Year Revamp
It has been on my mind for quite a while now that I need to change things up a bit! And the halfway point of the year always feels like...
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Tara Deighton
- Mar 6, 2023
- 2 min
Introducing the Selina Bonnet ~ A 1930's Inspired Sewing Pattern
A couple of years ago, I sewed myself a 1950's Catwoman oufit for an All Hallow's party and the requests for my cat eared bonnet that I'd...
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Tara Deighton
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
Sewing My Dream Wardrobe ~ The Bouquet Blouse
I have recently embarked on a long term personal project exploring the work of the great Elsa Schiaparelli. I wanted to really get my...
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Tara Deighton
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Introducing The Elsa Hood
I have long had a bit of an obsession with vintage Ski Chic and the little pixie bonnet style hoods that were so fashionable, both on and...
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Tara Deighton
- Dec 5, 2022
- 3 min
A Date with Schiaparelli
For many years, Schiaparelli has been one of my favourite all time designers so when I heard there was to be a retrospective of her...
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Tara Deighton
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Sewing My Dream Wardrobe ~ Cobwebs & Pearls....
I think there's nothing prettier than an intricate cobweb seen on an Autumn morning bedecked with dew drops, caught like jewels on the...
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Tara Deighton
- Jul 4, 2022
- 2 min
Introducing The Junebug Jacket ~ A Vintage Inspired Sewing Pattern
One of the items I always seem to be lacking when I'm putting my handmade and vintage outfits together are jackets! Specifically Summer...
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Tara Deighton
- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
Sewing My Dream Wardrobe ~ The Sweetie Blouse
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...
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Tara Deighton
- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
Inspirational Women ~ Happy Birthday Miss Monroe
On what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 96th birthday, on the 1st of June, I want to recommend some fabulous books about this icon of...
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Tara Deighton
- Apr 29, 2022
- 2 min
Introducing the Sinead Ballet Wrap Cardigan
Like many a little girl, I attended ballet class and dreamt of being a ballerina but alas, my dance skills were a bit more contemporary...
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Tara Deighton
- Apr 26, 2022
- 3 min
A Perfect Dress for Spring
On a recent treasure hunt in the charity shops of a nearby county town, I stumbled across this beautiful floral glazed gauze from the...
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Tara Deighton
- Mar 31, 2022
- 3 min
Stash Busting Sews for Spring
Now that Spring is in the air, it's a good moment to whip up some fun and simple accessories to start wearing at the start of the season....
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Tara Deighton
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
Sewing My Dream Wardrobe ~ The 1930's Shirt Dress
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...
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Tara Deighton
- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
Sewing My Dream Wardrobe ~ A Winter Capsule Collection
I recently took some time off with the aim that I would read books in coffee shops and pretend to be on holiday. However, when I went to...
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