Sneak Peek!

The sun has popped out this morning so I was able to take a quick photo of the next pattern! She’s called The Rochester. It seemed a fitting name as I went to college in Rochester, Kent and studied design and pattern cutting, and recently returned for the first time in about 30 years -while […]

MAVEN MAKERS | Kitty in the snow

    #MAVEN MAKERS | Kitty in the snow I’m so pleased to be able to share with you Marie-Fleurine’s Kitty dress. As soon as I saw these pictures of Fleurine, wearing her Kitty dress with that contrasting peter pan collar in the snow, I was totally smitten! She has used a beautiful handwoven cotton from […]

A Full Bust Adjustment Tutorial for Kitty, A Dress With a Centre Front Dart

A Full Bust Adjustment Tutorial for The Kitty Dress, a dress with a Centre Front Bust Dart. There I said it…does that little phrase strike fear into your heart? FBA – a full bust adjustment tutorial. It’ll be fine….but get comfy…and maybe get some snacks….this is a looong post. Oh, and right up front, I’m going […]

How to Lower a Bust Dart Tutorial

Moving a dart on a sewing pattern Let’s talk darts first, I do love a good dart! A good dart takes away fullness where we don’t want it, enhancing our lovely shapes! A bad dart, well doesn’t. It points to the wrong bits. Sits too high, or low, or long, or short and drags the […]