So, how much longer do we think statement sleeves are going to be a thing?

One of the things I love about vintage patterns, are the little construction details that you just don’t see in modern patterns.

Living overseas and far away from your family is many things. One of those things is unsettling.

It seems my cousin would disagree, but I don't have a huge stash of fabric.

This dress is one giant step out of my comfort zone. Huge that step, huge.

Over the past 18 months I've been taking patternmaking courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in Manhattan.

It gets towards the end of August and I start getting very indignant about the world

I can tell you that having a sewing pattern named after you is pretty great.

The colours of the paving slabs in this photos plus the funny light and hat make me look like I'm somewhere in the Mediterranean.

At the beginning of summer, I'm so excited to not have to worry about layers and just be able to throw on a dress and sandals and head out.

And now it's nearly autumn and I have all these summery things I want to share,

I absolutely loved reading the comments on my last post. So many of you were so kind about my dress

I had this lovely, incredibly stylish, incredibly modern great aunt, my Auntie Bennie.

I can list on probably two fingers the number of sewing patterns I've made more than once.

That thing on social media of the lady declaring her hatred for leggings being worn as trousers. Yes. Yes and Yes.

I think I might have found my perfect uniform for the winter. Its winter worthy credentials include:

So, this dress is a saga.