What do I read?

I love reading posts where bloggers talk about their favourite bloggers! Nothing quite like sharing the love huh!?

So here's my list of blogs I always read:

Dressmaking:

Handmade Jane

One of the first sewing blogs I ever read I love her vintage style and her chirpy outlook on life! She's not afraid of prints colour and CHERRIES!!! 

Plus she's really lovely I sent her an out of the blue email last year about finding suitable coat fabric and she came back with a great list of suggestions! 

SoZo

I love how her blog has transitioned from her rockabilly style to sharing great children's makes! It actually makes me want to start sewing things for my lil boy! 

She's currently expecting baby number two so there's more cuteness to come!!!

Karen - Did you make that

Simply put she's a beautiful writer, Its like sewing word porn! Plus she makes some really lovely wearable clothes!

Marie - A stitching Odyssey

Fantastic style and one of the organisers of the vintage pattern pledge, she makes great clothes and uses a variety of prints and lush fabrics! This jumper is one of my favourites! 

Ozzy Blackbeard

One of the only bloggers I follow who goes into LOTS of construction detail! Its almost like taking a sewing class from your front room in your jammies!

What katie sews

Really great simple style, I would love to look as effortless as she does!

Lazy Seamstress!

Jeanette is a mum of six and still manages to produce beautiful looking quirky clothes! I love her outlook on life and the way her blog covers all of her passions! I also love her daughters blog!

Charity Shop Chic

Made her wedding dress, enough said, mike drop

No but in all seriousness she transforms charity shop clothes into wearable items using what i can only assume is a mixture of sewing and witchcraft.

Lifestyle and Fashion:

Sadie - eat sleep breathe fashion

She's my cousin but that not why I love her blog, Ever since I was little and receiving her hand me downs I have always loved her style. She also does a nice mixture of fashion, accessories, make-up and baking.

The life and Times of Belle

This is another cheat really as we were in college together, but belles blogs is exactly the same as she is in person very cool, calm and grown up. I also have huge envy over her home decor!

Quilting:

Crazy Mom Quilts

Fantastic BRIGHT quilts, I love that she has no fear of colour and that she has some many WIP!

Do you have any blogs that you love?

Or do you write a blog?

Leave me a link!

Much Love

Frankie

xxx

The Magic Pen!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who has only just discovered the magic of the frixions pen?

I first read about them on Karens blog.

Basically this is a regular pen that's disappears when you iron it! It DISAPPEARS! and then if you put it in the freezer it come back!!! 

In all seriousness this pen has changed my fabric marking game, I'm no longer worried about having smudges on my finished garment , its more accurate and it doesn't come off as fast as tailors chalk! 

And the best part these are just regular pens! They stock them in Tesco! IN TESCO!

Yeah that's really it today just my wonder about this pen! I have two now one in red and one in blue so I can clearly see my markings on most fabric!

Is their any other tools you couldn't live without?

Much Love 

Frankie

xxx

What to do with 2m Deer fabric?

Recently I was lucky enough to win 2m of fabulous deer fabric on Karen from did you make thats Facebook page. She held a caption contest and apparently my referencing her as a super hero made her chuckle!

She obviously made this fabulous shift dress! Using the sew over it pattern.

But what the hell am I going to make with it? I've already pre washed it and its folded neatly waiting for me to cut into.

But what shapes to cut? Its a drapey viscose which immediately made me think dress, but I'm kind of tempted by the idea of stretching my sewing skills and making a shirt.

This shirt to be precise

Its from a copy of burda magazine that I've recently been given. I like the idea of making a cute shirt and the deer fabric seems stable enough to make this from, I'm thinking something I can tuck into skinny jeans and wear with my brown cowboy boots.

I think what's really throwing me is that its a fabric print I would never choose for myself! I like it I just wouldn't choose it!  

So what do you think am I making a "who shot Bambi'a mum" dress or shirt? 

and 

Are Burda magazine patterns true to size? I might cut a size bigger anyway because I want a looser fit so you get more sense of drape.

Much Love

Frankie

xxx