Today is indeed the day that the May boxes have started arriving, and as always I am totally in love with them. The theme for this month didn’t actually come to me until almost the very last minute, I just…
I absolutely love seeing what you make and every time a picture pops up on Instagram I do a little squeal and instantly show my husband. Where I completely take over the living room during packing week he is well…
Having made my pledge to MeMadeMay on Zoe’s, of So, Zo… What do you know?, blog I decided it was time to pull my sleeves up and make myself a few new everyday garments. The point of MMM is not…
Quilting weight cottons are such a fantastic place to start out dressmaking, and I still get sucked in by the gorgeous array of prints that they come in. But fairly quickly you start to see what else is out there…
Naturally, due to the beautiful Parisian prints in these fat quarters, I’ve gone for a bit of a travel theme with this collection of projects I’ve sourced around the interwebs. First things first, a girl needs some where to keep…
So to keep me distracted a little while I have been browsing the internet to find you a fabulous collection of patterns that would work with the fabric that went into the April ‘French Fancies’ boxes. Yet again, so many…
The inspiration for these boxes came as soon as I saw the bundle of Paris themed fat quarters; the colours, the prints, those bicycles.. absolutely gorgeous. It’s always interesting to see how each box takes form. Inspiration can come from…
Although I’ve been sewing for a while most of what I’ve learnt has been from books, the internet and my family, so when I started SewHayleyJane I decide to take the course just ensure that I was doing everything right….
Today however I thought I’d share a few ways you can use them in your dressmaking. These ideas can be made using any small pieces of fabric you have in your stash, from previous projects, but they are perfect for…