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An Ogden Cami Hack and a Fabric Review
I loved the look of this beautiful John Kaldor Floral Print Slinky Satin Dress Fabric as soon as I saw it, mainly because I loved the yellow and black print, but when it arrived, I have to admit, it was a little more silky and sheer than I had imagined so for a little while it sat in my stash until inspiration for the right project arrived. If you’re on Instagram, I’m sure it didn’t escape your notice that August was Ogden Cami month and as more beautiful versions of this pattern appeared in my feed along with some lovely dress hacks it suddenly hit me that maybe this beautifully…
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Lulu Gathered Mini Dress by The Aware Collection – A pattern review in collaboration with Makerist
For this blog post I’ve teamed up with Makerist.com who kindly invited me to review two of their patterns and are offering my lovely followers the chance to win one of three free patterns in a GIVEAWAY over on my Instagram account @secret_life_of_a_seamstress. I’d love you to pop over and enter if you can 🙂 Makerist are also kindly offering 20% off of all full price patterns so if you’d like to treat yourself to a lovely sewing pattern as well as enter the giveaway simply enter the code SECRETLIFE20 at checkout. *Please be aware that the giveaway ends on Monday 21 September and discount code ends on Monday 19 October, so…
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The ‘Cassiopée Mini’ Dress by I Am Patterns – A pattern review in collaboration with Makerist.com
For this blog post I’ve teamed up with Makerist.com who kindly invited me to review two of their patterns and offer my lovely followers the chance to win one of three free patterns in a GIVEAWAY over on my Instagram account @secret_life_of_a_seamstress. Makerist are also kindly offering my readers 20% off of all full price patterns too so if you’d like to treat yourself to a lovely sewing pattern as well as enter the giveaway simply enter the code SECRETLIFE20 at checkout. *Please be aware that the giveaway ends on Monday 21 September and discount code ends on Monday 19 October, so if you’re reading this post after these dates…
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VLOG – Sew an Ogden Cami Dress Hack with me…
Welcome to another sew-along video where I’ll be sewing a dress hack using the True Bias Ogden Cami pattern and the Megan Nielson Sudley dress pattern. As usual, everything I talk about in the video should be linked in the YouTube description below but do feel free to message me if you have any questions… Thank you for watching! Sally xx
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VLOG – an autumn fabric haul and some sewing plans…
In this video I’m sharing some lovely new fabrics I’ve picked up for some autumn/winter sewing and what I’m planning to make with them… I would love you to watch and subscribe if you haven’t already 🙂 You can also follow me on Instagram for more photos of the things I make @secret_life_of_a_seamstress. Thanks so much for your support as always 🙂 Sally
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VLOG – What I’ve been sewing during July and August (part 2)
Hi everyone, welcome back to my channel and to part two of my ‘sew and tell’ all about what I’ve been making over July and August. As there are quite a few makes to get through I’ve decided to split the video into a part one and part two. You can find part one on my channel if you haven’t watched it and would like to. I would love you to subscribe to my channel if you haven’t already and don’t forget to hit the notification bell to be notified of any future videos I make. Happy sewing and thank you again for your support! Sally xx
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VLOG – What I’ve been sewing during July and August (part 1)
Hi everyone, welcome back to my channel and to a bit of an overdue ‘sew and tell’ all about what I’ve been making over July and August. As there are quite a few makes to get through I’ve decided to split the video into a part one and part two. I would love you to subscribe to my channel if you haven’t already and don’t forget to hit the notification bell to be notified of any future videos I make. Happy sewing and thank you again for your support! Sally xx
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VLOG – One Fabric Two Pattern Challenge with Notes from the Sewing Room
Join myself and Becky from Notes from the Sewing Room as we both make something different from the same lovely fabric and join together for the reveal. I hope you enjoy it! Sally xx
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VLOG – My entire collection of Tilly and the Buttons makes (so far)…
Join me to chat through my entire collection of Tilly and the Buttons makes so far. What fabric I used and how I found the patterns. I’d love you to subscribe to my channel if you haven’t already and if you watch thank you so much for watching 🙂 Sally xx
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Sew That Look VLOG
Join me as I attempt to recreate a High Street look with a bit of pattern hacking. Don’t forget to subscribe to my channel and give the video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it and I’ll see you next time. Sally xx