Like many vintage lovers, Dita Von Teese has been a wonderful sartorial inspiration and my new knitting pattern is both inspired by her...

The perfect blouse for lounging in and relaxing on your chaise longue this Festive Season! The thing I love the most about sewing my own...

In celebration of Disney's Centenary which falls this year, I designed this FREE knitting pattern, the Minnie Beanie to mark the...

I recently had the incredible good fortune to while away an hour or two looking through an original copy of the Vogue Pattern Book from...

I've recently been dreaming of a trip to Venice, one of my favourite destinations in the whole world and thinking of the capsule wardrobe...

I've had a Dirndl obsession FOREVER and an enduring love for this Saint Laurent Rive Gauche blouse from the mid 1970's so for my June...

It has been on my mind for quite a while now that I need to change things up a bit! And the halfway point of the year always feels like...

A couple of years ago, I sewed myself a 1950's Catwoman oufit for an All Hallow's party and the requests for my cat eared bonnet that I'd...

I have recently embarked on a long term personal project exploring the work of the great Elsa Schiaparelli. I wanted to really get my...

For many years, Schiaparelli has been one of my favourite all time designers so when I heard there was to be a retrospective of her...

I think there's nothing prettier than an intricate cobweb seen on an Autumn morning bedecked with dew drops, caught like jewels on the...

One of the items I always seem to be lacking when I'm putting my handmade and vintage outfits together are jackets! Specifically Summer...

Sometimes you just need the pleasure of a simple sew for your Summer wardrobe and the Sweetie blouse is most definitely that! I had in...

On what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 96th birthday, on the 1st of June, I want to recommend some fabulous books about this icon of...

On a recent treasure hunt in the charity shops of a nearby county town, I stumbled across this beautiful floral glazed gauze from the...

It's been in my mind to make a late 30's, early 40's style Shirt Dress for quite some time. I've come across them at vintage fairs and in...

I recently took some time off with the aim that I would read books in coffee shops and pretend to be on holiday. However, when I went to...

~Vintage Ski Style Inspiration for your Handmade Wardrobe~ The days and weeks after Xmas can be rather bleak and lacklustre so the idea...

I've long been obsessed with The Vampire's Wife and I just love everything about her aesthetic. So, unable to afford the price tag for...

Way back at the start of this year, I wrote about my need for new pieces in my Lingerie wardrobe {read here} and I've only just got round...