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Making a Padded Headboard

December 2, 2017March 9, 2019Leave a comment

I thought I'd have a go at making my own padded headboard and it was surprisingly easy.

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Soooo, the flat is on the market, eek! We’ve had five viewings booked within 36 hours of being live so are keeping our fingers firmly crossed. I know it’s summer and Brexit and all but why wouldn’t you want to live here? I love this flat and the area. We’re only moving because I really want a garden. So it’s a bit sad but also exciting. Plus I’ve finished doing up this one so now I get to start all over again!

I’ve finally finished my first @ninaleelondon Kew Dress. I’m not entirely happy with it, even after a fair bit of alteration work, because I should have chosen a drapier fabric but it’s a great pattern. Photos coming soon. Fabric from Sew Over It.

A rare photo of something I didn’t make myself inspired by @thestitchedit, @victorialucilleanne and @untitledthoughts new hashtag #fashionfeelsfabulous. I just bought this in the @finerylondon sale and I love it. It makes me feel like I should be wafting through a meadow but can easily end up in a pavement bar drinking a g&t. It’s made of a cool viscose and has princess seams which always seem to fit my shape well. Their pieces are also perfect for my 5’10” height. (Their footwear always fit my size 42s too; they don’t do many lines at the moment which is a shame). Not an ad but might as well be! 💜 Dress: Daniella Shirt Dress, Finery Earrings: @ohemaa.jewellery Shoes: @roguematilda

Right now this is where I want to be: my mum’s spare room in the south of France. Sadly we think there’s too much going on to go on holiday this year. For one we are just about to put our flat on the market 😬. Fingers crossed everyone looking for a 3 bed flat is south east London follows me here and this is all the marketing we need to do. Failing that, fancy estate agent photos coming soon to a RightMove near you.

Do not tell my husband because I am on a) a fabric ban and b) a budget this month. Couldn’t resist the @libertylondon sale and purchased two metres of this tana lawn. It just spoke to me. I was powerless. It’s more beautiful in real life. #sorrynotsorry

Another Sew Over It make from their Work to Weekend ebook - the Edie dress (also a top pattern). I made this out of a lightweight rib jersey and made a lot of alterations. 1. I made it 4” longer because I’m 5’10” and wanted it to finish below the knee. 2. Lengthened the waist portion by 4” because SOI patterns are always too short in the body for me. However this was a mistake because then the hip curve hit too low. Luckily the neckline came out far to wide for my narrow shoulders and lower than I expected so I took up the shoulders by about 2.5” and this pretty much sorted both issues. 3. Taking up the shoulders made the armscye smaller than the sleeves. Rather than cut them smaller I added a small gathered shoulder to use up the excess. On my next version I will bring in the neckline/ shoulders - you can see here that they are falling off my shoulders - and put the waist length back to almost as it was originally, maybe just leave an inch extra length. I feel rather fabulous in it though and it’s extremely comfortable! #soiediedress #soishowoff

A little update I did last weekend. I’ve had these drawers for over 30 years! They have been painted and repainted had new handles (which actually don’t go with the current look so I’d better keep an eye out for some more). I spotted this green chalk paint in B&Q and knew it was just the colour I needed to go in our bedroom - swipe to the end to see what I mean. The white frame and coloured drawers was an accident from its last makeover but I rather like it. Swipe to see the most recent evolution of my bedside area.

Can I see your drawers? It was Marie Kondo and her Life Changing Magic of Tidying that got me into arranging my drawers in this way but I was into the concept of tidying, sorting and giving/throwing away unwanted, unloved and mentally unhealthy belongings well before. Does anyone remember a programme called The Life Laundry which was on TV in 2002? I was obsessed (swipe to see my copy of the book which I still have now, alongside my two copies of Marie Kondo’s). I firmly believe that using the #konmariemethod a few years ago cleared space both physically and mentally to help me move on in my life. Soon after a big clear out and letting go of some old letters, photographs and general stuff I met the man I’m now married to and was accepted on a shared ownership housing scheme. Five years and one move later later and we are thinking of moving house again so I’m going to order in some cosmic help and get tidying. If you would like some help sorting your home I’m offering a service to do just that (London and the surrounding south east area) using my life coaching training as a basis for the work. Get in touch for details!

‘Is it raining? I hadn’t noticed.’ If only. I know it’s better for the environment and all but come on summer! In some ways I don’t mind the poor weather because we live in a third floor flat with a tiny balcony (good for storage and messy projects but no good for sitting on because it’s got a whole block of windows facing it about three meters away). I get a bit restless when it’s sunny outside. I’m a potterer so my ideal would be to pop in and out while I’m doing jobs around the house. Sometimes I take my book and blanket down to the park nearby but I get restless after half an hour. So perhaps I don’t mind this weather after all! Throwback to when it was sunny and I took my tripod down to the park to photograph my @sewoveritlondon #soicamilletrousers

One last batch of patterns to giveaway for #patternswap19: 1. Butterick B5926 2. The Matilda Dress 3. The Tamsyn Top 4. The Beach Bag 5. McCalls M7322 6. The City Backpack If you haven’t already managed to snare a pattern through the swap this year I will try and give you preference. Just let me know in your comment. I’ve only managed to get one and have given away nineteen. Much better for my shelf space though! You also need to be giving patterns away yourself in the swap!

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