Recently, I made a replacement Paddington bear hat for a small Paddington Bear cuddly toy for a friend. Obviously the hat used up minimal fabric and I was left a lot of extra red velvet fabric. For some unknown reason I thought it would be a good idea to make a new bra with some of this fabric. As usual my ideas run in the opposite direction to practicalities, because velvet ...

I been thinking for a while about making long-sleeved pyjamas. For too long I’ve had lots of short-sleeved pyjamas and ended up grabbing a cardigan to keep my arms warm.

I was in no doubt that I would use the tried-and-tested Peppe...

“It was the best of bras, it was the worst of bras” (with apologies to Charles Dickens)

I’ve made four different versions of the Madalynne x Simplicity 8229 bra and I thought it was time for a different pattern. I looked through my RTW collection (such as it is as they all definitely need replacing) and I noticed that predominantly the bras are frameless. T...

To add to my undies drawer I decided to make another bra using the Simplicity x Madalynne 8229 pattern. This time I used a kit from Mags Design. I thought it was a