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    VLOG | What I’ve been sewing and knitting in September 2021…

    October 4, 2021 /

    Join me for my latest ‘sew and tell’ video sharing all about everything I’ve been making and working on during September 2021. I hope you’ll enjoy it! Happy sewing! Sally xx

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    What I’ve been sewing and knitting in April 2021

    May 2, 2021 /

    Hi everyone – welcome back to another Sew and Tell blog and vlog. This blog accompanies my YouTube makes video and includes links to everything I talk about within the video. You can watch my April ‘Makes’ YouTube video by clicking below. Girls Loungewear Set I made this loungewear set for my daughter as my most recent Minerva Brand Ambassador make using this very cosy sausage dog print, fleece backed sweatshirt fabric which you can find here. The patterns I used were the Ikatee Jasmin Sweatshirt for the top here, and the Made by Me patterns kids jogger pattern which you can find here. If you would like to read…

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    VLOG – What I’ve been making during October and November…

    November 23, 2020 /

    Hi everyone – I hope you enjoy this video all about everything I’ve been sewing and knitting during October and November. Apologies that there were some issues with the camera focussing in some parts of the video. Everything I think might be useful is linked in the description of the video but of course if you have any questions do feel free to ask. Thanks so much for watching! Sally x

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    VLOG – (Another) fabric haul and sewing plans for autumn…

    October 24, 2020 /

    Hello everyone – welcome back to another fabric haul and sewing plans video. Here I’ll be talking all about some new fabrics I’ve picked up recently and what I plan to make with them. Thank you so much for watching 🙂 Sally xxx

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    VLOG – How to – Sew a little girls jersey dress

    October 10, 2020 /

    Today I’m sewing a jersey dress for my daughter using a T shirt pattern I already have and adding a gathered skirt. I talk about how I plan to resize the pattern pieces to adapt them to make a dress, fitting the jersey neckband and how to measure the skirt depending on how much gather you like. Thank you so much for watching. If you have any questions about the making process do let me know in the comments below. If you haven’t already subscribed to my channel I’d love you to consider subscribing for more sewing and making content. My normal upload day is a Saturday morning. Lots of…

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    The ‘Cassiopée Mini’ Dress by I Am Patterns – A pattern review in collaboration with Makerist.com

    September 17, 2020 /

    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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    Sew & Tell – What I made in March and April…

    April 16, 2020 /

    Join me for another Sew and Tell video all about what I’ve been making in March and April including the Megan Nielson Darling Ranges dress and the Tilly & the Buttons Mimi Blouse. The links to everything I talk about can be found in the YouTube description below the video 🙂 Thank you for watching Sally xx

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    Minerva Blogger Network – New Look Kids 6205

    November 18, 2019 /

    This Bunnies on Bikes cotton fabric was too cute to pass up for my animal loving little girl so I snapped some up to make the New Look 6205 pattern for her which I’d had in my pattern stash for ages and not made up. Pattern: New Look 6205 – I made age 6 Fabric: Printed cotton fabric kindly gifted in return for a blog post, available to purchase here. Alterations: None at all other than that I made an age 6 for my 7 year old due to the amount of ease there was in the final garment. This fitted perfectly. Time to make: Approx 2-3 hours. I would…

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It was always a secret little dream of mine to be It was always a secret little dream of mine to be featured in a sewing magazine…!! 

Thank you so much @lovesewingmag for having me and my Taika Blouse Dress as this issue’s Minerva Maker 
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Pattern: @namedclothing Taika Blouse Dress
Floral Viscose Fabric: @minervadotcom 
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I realised I never shared a picture of this little I realised I never shared a picture of this little guy (or girl I should say) that’s because I wanted to get a picture of my Pusheen obsessed daughter with her but she’s becoming less and less enthusiastic for such photo duties now so you’ll have to make do with a headless me instead 😝
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This pattern ‘Pusheen with Ice Cream’ by @rxy_crochet was free on @lovecraftscom and I found it a joy to make. I never thought I’d say it but I’m actually loving crochet at the moment it comes together super quickly and making the little details like the tail, stripes and ice cream were really fun too. Here’s to my next project 💗💗
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🎉•SEWMASHUP CHALLENGE WINNERS• 🎉 Thank 🎉•SEWMASHUP CHALLENGE WINNERS• 🎉 

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our #sewmashup challenge for July 2022 it’s been such fun seeing everyone’s entries and we’ve been so inspired by the pattern combinations and new garments we’ve seen.

The winners of each prize, chosen at random because every entry was amazing, are tagged in the following slides. If you’ve been tagged please pop either Cath or I a DM so that we can give you details of how to claim your prize 😊

Congratulations winners we hope you enjoy your prizes and thank you again for making this such a fun challenge to host.

Don’t forget to post a photo and tag us to let us know what you make with your prizes - we’d love to see!! 

Anyone up for a repeat challenge next year??? 

Sally & Cath xx
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Tell me one make you have that you feel this way a Tell me one make you have that you feel this way about below - I’m sure we all have them!! 👇🏻

Funny how I wasn’t sure about this Shacket when I first finished it, now I’m pretty certain it’s one of my favourite ever makes. I haven’t actually worn it yet mind as the weather has been so warm that it’s not been needed (not something we get to say very often here in the UK) but I’m looking forward to getting this out in the cooler autumn months…

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Pattern: @stylearc Logan Shacket
Fabric: Pre-quilted fabric @minervadotcom 

I used scraps of Liberty Tana Lawn for the binding and facings which were a fiddle but totally worth it in the end 💗
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There’s still a few more days left to take part There’s still a few more days left to take part in the #sewmashup challenge hosted by @cath_craft and I. The challenge runs until 31 July and there are some amazing prizes up for grabs… 🤗
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I love hacking patterns and making mash ups but this challenge definitely pushed me to try a couple more combinations that I’d been meaning to try for a while. 

Cath and I have loved seeing your entries so far, so much inspiration and some really fun mash ups that I’d like to try in the future - thanks so much for taking part if you have already I can’t wait to see what other entries there might be to come… 🤗 💗💗

Pattern and fabric details:-
Pic 1: Mash up of @chalkandnotch Wren with @tillybuttons Safiya Trousers in @minervadotcom exclusive range viscose (gifted)
Pic 2: Mash up of @tillybuttons Lyra Dress bodice with Safiya Trousers in viscose from @selfmade_com 
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If you can’t post a cringy outfit reel on your b If you can’t post a cringy outfit reel on your birthday when can you… 😜
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This is my new Myosotis Dress by @deer_and_doe_patterns, this time I made the floaty sleeves with the plain gathered skirt. The fabric is a pretty ditsy floral viscose from @abakhanfabrics summer range (gifted) which I think works so well with this pattern it’s really soft and lovely to wear and the print is so pretty!! 😊
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Not sure I’ll need the sun hat where we are on holiday  this week but I can hope 🤞🏻😂

Ps. Did you spot the doggy video bomber in the first clip 🐶 
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My name is Sally and I find watching people knit a My name is Sally and I find watching people knit and crochet in Reels strangely relaxing! 🤓 🙈 😂
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Also I need to know, who else drops the right needle to yarn over?? Am I weird??? Xx
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•Quilted Logan• Remember my dilemma with what •Quilted Logan• Remember my dilemma with what pattern to use for this lovely pre-quilted fabric from @minervadotcom?? Well, in the end I decided to use my tried and tested Logan Shacket by @stylearc since I’ve made it a few times now and know I love the style and fit….
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I needed to make a couple of slight adaptations to the pattern to make it work with this fabric. The button band is faced in Liberty cotton lawn rather than turned under, as are one side of the collar and the collar stand. I’ve also bias bound the seams and hem in Liberty bias binding - a great way of using up all my Liberty scraps…
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I’m so pleased with how this turned out and I still don’t think I’m done with this pattern yet 😝 
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Clearly can’t get enough of adding bodices to Sa Clearly can’t get enough of adding bodices to Safiya Trousers… 😜 This is a #sewmashup of the Wren Blouse by @chalkandnotch and my old faithfuls the Safiya Trousers by @tillybuttons. This is one took a little bit more pattern adapting to make it work but I’m so pleased with the result! 
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The fabric I’ve used here is the beautiful @minervadotcom exclusive viscose range in Candy Confetti. You can read the full write up of this make over on my Minerva profile (link in bio) and I’ll link the fabric in my stories too 💗
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•New Video• This Sunday’s video was a Crafty •New Video• This Sunday’s video was a Crafty Catch Up where I’m sharing new fabrics, last minute sewing plans, a crochet project, my quilted jacket work in progress and my new knitting project…

The link to my YouTube channel is in my bio if you fancy a watch (don’t forget to subscribe while you’re there) 😉 
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