I’m so pleased to introduce you to The Forest Coat, a quilted children’s coat that came about from a collaboration idea between myself and Annie Brady of Bound Co, designer and creator of the most beautiful modern quilting fabrics and quilting patterns.
Read MoreThe Forest Coat might be small but it packs a punch. Here’s a run through of the multiple possibilities available to you.
Read MoreI was lucky enough to have a small group of wonderful testers put the Forest Coat through it’s paces before hitting your shopping baskets. Without them, the pattern would not be the little gem it is today so I want to say a massive thank you to all who tested the coat for me.
Take a look and see what they had to say about it…
Read MoreSay hello to the Forest Coat. This is my first venture into kids patterns and boy has it been an adventure. This coat is part of an exciting collaboration with my friend Annie of Bound Co, a textile designer of the most beautiful quilting fabrics and quilting patterns so this, my fellow makers, is a unisex quilted kid’s coat, ranging from ages 1 - 10.
Read MoreHaving a big fabric collection is something that can be both a positive and a negative. It’s fun to be able to pick from to make a new project but it can also be overwhelming when your project list gets longer and the fabric starts to stack up higher and higher. Fear not, #fabricswap2021 is here!
Read MoreI love a good Insta challenge, don’t you? So whether you’re a ‘dip in and out’ kinda person or a ‘complete dedication’ challenge fanatic, here are some to keep an eye out for throughout the year.
Read MoreHaving a big fabric collection is something that can be both a positive and a negative. It’s fun to be able to pick from to make a new project but it can also be overwhelming when your project list gets longer and the fabric starts to stack up higher and higher. Fear not, #fabricswap2020 is here!
Read MoreWow, seven editions later and we’ve made it to the final reveal. Well if seven books are good enough for J.K Rowling, then I’m ok with it taking this long! Thanks so much for sticking with me through this series of articles.
Read MoreWelcome to Part VI of Making my Wedding Dress where today I’m going quickly bring you through my thought process and construction of my veil.
As I mentioned in the previous edition, Part V - Making my Dress, flash back of my Communion day were not going in favour of me wearing a veil! It’s not that I don’t like veils, I do, I think they can look amazing. I just wasn’t sure a veil was for me.
Read MoreWelcome back to Making my Wedding Dress. Today I’m finally getting down to the real deal, making the actual dress. It’s a wordy one without too many visuals since looking back at my photos, there’s a lot of tea and not a lot of technique!
Read MoreBy now I was happy enough with my toile to begin and cut out the real thing. Eeek! As mentioned in Part II - Selecting my Fabric, I decided to go with a beautiful silk triple crepe for the main dress. I decided to line it in silk habotai and interlined it with silk organza.
Read MoreWe’re all being encouraged to slow down. Yes, it’s popular and on-trend to be all about #slowliving but it’s something I feel is actually important.
Read MoreI had chosen a stunning silk triple crepe in a buttery champagne colour as my main fabric but that was the easy bit. I still had to actually design the dress.
Read MoreMy design process really kicks off once I have a fabric in mind. If I know the fabric I want to use, the design develops from there. I knew at this point that I wanted something with a beautiful drape but with a decent bit of body.
Read MoreI was a little hesitant to make my own dress at first. I had pretty harsh memories of still sewing my Debs dress at 2am the night before the event and absolutely hating the dress by the time I put it on me.
Read MoreI’m taking this as an opportunity to explain my view on the skill, craft and freedom of sewing.
Read MoreEarlier this year, I released my first sewing pattern in collaboration with Jill & Gill to promote slow and ethical fashion in Irish Design. This is how it happened.
Read MoreThe Iconic Bomber has been getting a lot of love this week after the Kilkenny Shop’s Scéal 2019 launch night. Here’s just a few Instagram screen grabs from the fashion show.
The Iconic Bomber sewing pattern is available to download here with all proceeds being donated to Arc Cancer Support.
Read MoreHaving heard so much about the Dior exhibition from Paris, I swore if it ever came to the V&A, I’d try my best to make the trip over to it.
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