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Welcome to my blog. I mainly post about my sewing projects, as Iā€™m building a colourful and comfortable everyday wardrobe suitable for a working mum of primary school children. I really love African wax fabric, so that features heavily. I also occassionally post about family life in Edinburgh and travel. Hope you have a nice stay!

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Elizabeth Suzanne Made by Me Georgia Tee with matching tote bag

Elizabeth Suzanne Made by Me Georgia Tee with matching tote bag

Another make for the new year! I actually cut this out in 2023, because I got some 'made in 2023' bias tape as part of my sewing friends secrets Santa. Unfortunately I've managed to lose it before I even got that far - I suspect it ended up in the fabric recycling bag by mistake. In any case, I didn't get round to actually sewing it until 2024.

This pattern, the Elizabeth Suzann Georgia tee, is becoming a firm favourite, I've made five now. It uses so little fabric and it's easy to fully French seam. 

The fabric is some block print cotton I got from an instagram destash, I think actually the same one as the flannel from the Samford bottoms the other day. It seems to be a massive repeat, if it is a repeat at all, the triangles are arranged in an irregular way

There was quite a lot of fabric left, so I decided to make a tote with the rest, turns out there was the perfect amount for that! I just based the measurements on one of the ones we already had.  I'm not a massive tote bag user since I cycle so much so my main bag is a rucksack, but I enjoyed swanning about with a matching bag for my top. 

Birgitta Helmersson Zero Waste Wrap Top

Birgitta Helmersson Zero Waste Wrap Top

Peppermint Patterns Samford Set trouser

Peppermint Patterns Samford Set trouser