I couldn’t believe how long it has been since I wrote a blog post, almost a year! I haven’t stopped sewing, in fact I have been so busy sewing that I forgot to post anything, or take any photo’s. Quite a lot has happened in the last few months, we moved house in April (more on that later) which is why I didn’t take part in Me made May this year. I will definitely be taking part again next year as I really enjoy it and I love to see what everyone else has been making. Here are a few of the things I made recently that I managed to get photo’s of!

I had a bit of an obsession with the Grainline Studio Linden Sweatshirt, here are just 3 of them, I actually made 5! I really like using contrasting fabric for the sleeves, it is a bit of a stash buster as you don’t need a lot of material for it.

My other new obsession is the Made by Rae Washi dress, I have 2 but I also made 2 for my sister, I was initially put off by the shirring elastic at the back but I used Rae’s website for more information and she explains it really clearly, using a hot steamy iron afterwards makes all the difference!

I made a few shift dresses using a pattern that I drafted myself. We took part in Sew Saturday, watch this space for details about what we will be doing for Sew Saturday this year.

My biggest project of the year was Stew’s coat, the Colette Albion duffle coat. This has got to be one of the trickiest items of clothing that I have made ever! The fabric is a heavy felt with a sticky texture on the back, I broke several needles and my sewing machine hated me! It is lined with a fleece blanket from Ikea so it is really cosy and warm, it came in very useful during the snowy weather earlier this year.

As I said we moved house this year, it happened to be during one of those spells of wintery weather! It is a gorgeous Victorian house and one of the best features is the open fire.

Well that’s enough waffling on from me! I want to take this opportunity to welcome our new, regular guest blogger, she has been a constant customer of ours since we opened the Trixie Lixie shop and we have finally persuaded her to showcase her talent on our blog. You may already know @saraknitsandsews from Instagram, where she describes herself as ‘been knitting all my life, recently trying to improve my sewing. Expect to see pics of a manic Mum looking embarrassed modelling stuff!’ We love her Instagram posts and are positive that you are going to love her blog posts. Watch this space for the first one coming soon!