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pink and grey Prima-Emery dress
It's done. My endless fitting has finally resulted in a wearable garment. Earlier this year I decided I wanted to nail the fit of a basic darted bodice as it's a versatile shape and displays prints...
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happy purchases
Behold! I have found the most glorious/hideous ornamental teapot of all time. It certainly lives up to the "mental" part of "ornamental".When I clocked this in the charity shop I could not stop staring...
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lemon cupcakes with lemon cream cheese icing
I've baked something. It's been a while, for me anyway. I'm still obsessed with my retro juicer so I made some zingy, lemon cupcakes as an excuse to use it.As a slight variation to my usual lemon...
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strawberry and cream cake
After the success of last year's Wimbledon final cake I decided to make another this year. I didn't write out a recipe last time so I thought the cake was worth documenting again.This is such a pretty,...
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cupcake, anyone?
Just a quick post today. I made a cupcake of the knitted variety for my friend's birthday last week (because who wouldn't want a big, knitted cupcake?!) and couldn't resist taking a couple of cute...
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bakewell biscuits
I can't believe how little I've baked this summer. This week I felt I was starting to suffer from some sort of baking deprivation so I rectified the situation with these bakewell biscuits. If I had...
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kitty kim dress
Out of all my handmade cotton dresses my favourite one by far is my By Hand London Kim dress so I thought it was about time I made a second. The fabric I used is a double gauze adorned with the most...
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mustard floral kim dress
Another summery By Hand London Kim dress. I'm not fed up with this pattern yet, it's so pretty! I didn't make any further fitting alterations as I was happy with the last one I sewed. However I've...
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sticky toffee cake and cupcakes
Fancy cake decorating has never been my thing. If this was made in the Great British Bake Off tent Mary Berry would likely describe it as "informal", but that's ok, my presentation standards aren't...
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dreamy pink gingham
I'm too late for Karen's Ginghamalong and too late for summer, but boy do I love my latest dress.I've been stalking the latest Cotton and Steel Checkers range, swooning over all the colours, and...
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a birthday of pink houses, trifle, marshmallows, wool and Nic Cage
Well if that title doesn't make you want to read this blog post I don't know what will. Haha!It was my birthday at the beginning of the month and following on from last year's Highland adventure I...
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a slightly underbaked maple syrup and pumpkin cake
My first bake on the blog in weeks and my first foray into baking with pumpkins, but sadly it didn't quite work. The cake skewer came out clean and the cake felt firm BUT MY CAKE SKEWER LIED. It became...
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apple, cinnamon and maple syrup cupcakes
....and fairy cakes. I couldn't decide which size to go for so I made both.After seeing Sammie's maple syrup frosted apple cupcakes last week I immediately felt compelled to bake apple and maple syrup...
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mustard and funky triangles
I made a new skirt! I'm resisting the urge to shout "ta-daaah!" but that's basically what I want to say every time I finish a sewing project. I'm so slow that it always feels like a massive...
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knitted: cosy kites
My old shop bought fingerless gloves have definitely seen better days so I thought it was time to knit myself a new pair. I also fancied trying my hand at stranded knitting and gloves seemed like a...
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knitted: green cables hat
After learning stranded knitting last month I decided to undertake another new knitting challenge: cables! It looks all fancy-pants and complicated but actually is a deceptively straight forward...
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an Agnes trio
I've been thinking about my clothing choices a lot this year and came to the conclusion that I wear a lot of jersey so it would make sense to try my hand at sewing basic jersey tops. Enter Tilly and...
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mini festive jumper garland
Teeny tiny knitted Christmas jumpers! These are quite possibly the cutest things I have ever knitted. The pattern is by Sue Stratford and free on Ravelry if anyone else fancies a last minute festive...
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festive franken-dress
I had no plans to make a Christmas dress this year, however as soon as I saw this adorable gingerbread man fabric on Minerva Crafts website a couple of weeks ago I knew it had to happen. At a mere...
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festive makes and bakes
I'm squeezing in one last blog post this year - my festive makes and bakes.Personally, it isn't Christmas without pervy gingerbread Santas and boobie angel. And dinosaurs. It has been a tradition of...
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