Clothes & Accessories
Made with fabric I got on Nottingham Market with a pattern made from an old top. May 2019 blog.
Made with fabric I got for £2 from Loros and a free pattern made from an old top that's a tad too small. Apr 2019 blog.
Made with fabric I got from Loros with a pattern made from an old dress. Apr 2019 blog.
Made with fabric I got in Leicester with a basic wide leg trouser pattern that I changed to have a tapered leg. Feb 2019 blog.
Made with fabric I got in a charity shop, I used a Burda pattern, it's an underdress for an as yet unmade occasion dress. Feb 2019 blog.
Made with fabric I got from Loros and a pattern from a minidress of mine. Jan 2019 blog.
Made with fabric left over from a project long ago, I used a Burda pattern. Dec 2019 blog.
Made with fabric I got for £2 from Loros and a free pattern from Mood Fabrics. I had to do a lot of fiddling but it turned out really nicely. Sep 2018 blog.
I picked up a fabric remnant at Crafty Sew & So in Leicester for £12 and used a free pattern from the Sew Now Mag website. I love it, I think I'll wear it a lot.
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Pac-a-Mac made from a fabric shower curtain I got of ebay for £9.99. I used Butterick pattern 6835. I love it. Aug 2018 blog.
Wallet made for my friend to replace one I made years ago. Made from charcoal and orange suede, lining fabric, coutil, iron on glue and press studs. 2017
Hair clips made with glass eyes, ribbon, clip fittings and hot glue. 2017
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Hair Clips made from a scrap of skull and crossbones fabric with a crocodile hair clip hot glued to the back.
A top made from lilac linen curtain fabric from the local soft furnishing fabric warehouse. It was made with a pattern I created from a top I have. 2018
A tunic I made with some lovely Alexander Henry fabric, I used a pattern that had basically 2 pieces so I didn't have to cut up the print. 2018
A tunic/minidress made from fabric I won in a magazine competition. I made the pattern from a dress I have. 2018
A top from shot black/white cotton trimmed with braid. I used the top version of the pattern I used to make a dress for a friends wedding a few years back. 2018
A glasses case made from various leathers hand stitched together and lined with quilted batik cotton. 2018
Linen/Cotton dress made white and dyed twice with shibori style stitch resist decoration. Pattern 1800 Simplicity view B. March 2018 blog.
I found a size 10 Monsoon dress in a charity shop and decided there was enough fabric to alter it to fit a size 20.
I made this dress from a duvet cover I got on sale with a pattern I got in charity shop. May 2018 blog.
I made this hoodie with fabric I got in a charity shop with a pattern drawn from one of my fave hoodies. April 2018 blog.
It's now shorter and much more tailored on the bodice with a deep V front and a racer back. June 2018 blog.
I needed some light weight PJs for the hot weather. I made these with sari fabric and a modified pattern from my last PJs. July 2018 blog.
I made a pattern from my old hat and used a couple of fat quarters to make a new one. July 2018 blog.
I got a sock loom. These are the only socks I have made as it was far too tedious. 2014
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I made this dress to wear to a Japanese festival. I got the fabric for cheap but it wasn't wide enough for the pattern so I had to make the box pleats smaller. 2015
I got this fabric years ago and just couldn't decide what to make. I finally came across this pattern on Amazon. Love it. 2016
I saw one of these somewhere and wanted one. I got some cheap watches and took them apart. I stitched leather to a hair clip and hot glued the faces on. 2017
I couldn't find any PJs I liked so I made patterns from a top and bottoms and made my own. I added long sleeves and cowl neck for added warmth. 2016
I made this corset from tweed I found in a charity shop. It was for a steampunk event. 2016
I made this out of leather to go over the tweed corset. Its embellished with rivets, applique cogs in fish leather and a necklace to resemble pipes. 2016
This is a hair decoration made from feathers from one of my hens who was moulting, a fancy button and some spare fabric hot glued to a clip. 2016
I got a fob watch to wear to the steampunk event. I made a chain for it with a chain maille necklace from a charity shop, cut up and changed about with added beads and pearls. 2016
A bracelet I made for a friend from a glass eye and some fish leather. 2015
Cufflinks made from pieces of mobile phones and earphones for my friends husband. Lots of superglue and diamond glaze involved. 2015
I made these for a friend for christmas, I think I got most of the beads on Amazon, I was very pleased how they turned out and they look great on her. 2011
A necklace made from quilted leather, beads, chain, pearls and swarovski crystals. It was for a competition, I was disqualified for not using enough crystals, but I think they look cheap. 2011
This apron was for my food loving goth friend. I cut the skulls from fabric and applied them to the plain apron I'd made. 2010
This corset is made from hand dyed silk and shot silk. Each scale is red on the back and was stitched by hand onto the corset to create dragon skin. 2010
I made this dress when I was a witness at my friends wedding. 2013.