Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Doughtys Fabric”
Welcome to my debut blog for Simple Sew! As the new kid on the block it was difficult to choose from the vast range of patterns on offer, but with summer hot on our heels (hopefully!), I chose the Kimono wrap dress in this beautiful Lady McElroy flamingo cotton lawn from Doughty’s. With holidays on my mind I wanted a dress …
Hello my lovelies!!! For my second Simple Sew blog post, I decided to make the Juliette Tie Back Blouse. This is a pattern I’ve been eyeing up for a while, as I love the tie detail and it looks like a really simple to make. I’m trying to choose my makes with my wardrobe in mind, and I definitely have a gap in my separates, …
Sew… I’ve decided to step out of my comfort zone and make a dress that isn’t the French Navy Orla. Since making the Orla dress and it fitting me so well I haven’t really been sewing other dresses as I’m worried they won’t fit as well and will have spent hours altering patterns and sewing up toiles all for nothing! …
In all the years that I have been making clothes, sewing and crafting, I have never made myself a party dress. I make an extravagant birthday occasion dress every year for my 5-year-old so I am no stranger to the dramas of working with slippery, fragile and fine fabrics, so I decided it was time for some selfish sewing. I was inspired …