What have I been sewing? : April 2016

Now the trees are turning a little bit greener and the flowers are in full bloom, I'm finally feeling a little bit better and more optimistic about everything. I had a week or so where I felt like I was at a dead end, but truth be told, I've had a bit of time to myself to think about everything and I feel much better for doing so! 

Jumping right in to what I've been sewing, I didn't make a lot last month with moving back home, settling back in etc. I only made two dresses from patterns I already have but made them sleeveless so that I can wear them in both the summer and winter! 

The first dress I made was a Merchant and Mills dress shirt in a navy and pink arrow print shirting cotton from Fabworks, which was £5.00 per meter.

This is a gorgeous fabric and it's really surprised me at just how durable it is. I've never used a "proper" shirting cotton before but you can definitely tell the difference! I opted to make this dress sleeveless as I'd already tried setting in the sleeves, but it just didn't look right! I've found that I've worn this more since taking the sleeves out and I suppose I could wear this with a long sleeved top underneath when it becomes winter again. This didn't take too long to make and set the sleeves in initially, but I had set it aside for quite a while whilst I moved house and settled in, but in total I'd say it probably took me around 3 hours. 

The second item I'd made was another Sew Over It ultimate shift dress in a rabbit print viscose from thetextilecentre on eBay. I've purchased fabric from this online shop a couple of times and I've been so impressed with the quality of the fabric so far. 

Not the best photos but I absolutely love this dress. I made it slightly bigger than I normally would have done and also sleeveless, I think I actually prefer this dress without the sleeves! Again, I've left the sleeves off so I can wear a long sleeved top underneath. 

Now, I've got a couple of new posts lined up and also a review of my new Singer sewing machine, which will hopefully be posted within the next week or so.

'til next time! 

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Blog re-design

Hello my lovelies! I hope you've had a lovely bank holiday weekend. I've had a lovely weekend as I finally had time to sit down and chill out. 

Some of you may notice that my blog has been pretty silent for the past few weeks as work has gotten super busy again, I'm in and out of the house and I just hadn't had time to do anything! That being said, I felt like I needed to change what this blog was really about. 

I decided to have a blog redesign, as I felt like I'd outgrown the flowery and somewhat childish design I had beforehand. I also wanted to change my blog name. Sweet Pea is a nickname my Dad has called me ever since I was little and for a while, it was nice associating it with something that I put a lot of thought into. However, I didn't feel like it suited this blog. 

So, I've had a bit of a mess around and actually quite like minimalistic layout I have at the moment, however no doubt I will be making a few tweaks here and there. 

So, goodbye SweetPea and hello to PuddingPop! 

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