80’s at its best- we decided to pay tribute to the one and only romper suit as its the best to own and wear, especially in linen. We’ve used this fabulous Mid weight yarn dyed linen to give it a bit more texture and weight, but you always experiment with heavier or lighter fabrics.’ Throw on…
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Whilst it’s getting cold outside, lets think to the summer months and make our future selves happy by making another beautiful white dress that’s pretty, comfortable and so simple you might as well make a few for yourself, your friends and little girls in your fam. Here we show you how to make a raglan…
One of the most basic and must have pieces in your wardrobe has to be the white tee. A comfortable white t-shirt that you can throw on without much thought for all occasions; wear it with the boyfriend jeans for a casual chic look, or with a blazer and a skirt for a smart work…
This week we will make a 7.6 in by 8.4 in’ pouch and take it a little further by’ adding a small personal touch with hand embroidery. It’s a great size to use as a’ small wash’ bag. The pattern we provide here is simply a guide to inspire you and we hope you will create something that’s extra…
To continue our series on pouches, here’s another fun design to try out. It looks really lovely in our mid weight’ stripy linen fabric. Great to keep your jewellery in. Another great practice for putting in zips. Make it for yourself or give away as a present to your bestie or family. Materials IL044 875 IL019…
A great way to use up scraps of left over material is to utilise this fabric for useful small projects. For the next three weeks, we have come up with three different variations of pouches that you can make for yourself or give away as impressive little presents. We will start off with a make…
Sometimes you have a specific project in mind, and yet you really struggle to source all the components to match your idea to reality. We had an idea for a project and yet couldn’t find the right length for a metal zip. We were told that long close end zips with metallic teeth’ were simply not…
Oversized tunic dresses have had a strong come back recently which works fine for us, as its the perfect way we like to wear linen. For Drew we added some long sleeves and buttons for easy wear and casual flair. The size is meant to be slightly loose, but you can always adjust the width…
Black and white will undoubtedly forever be the best color combination.’ Guaranteed to match whatever accessories you have in mind to wear with it. This dress takes a very simple shape with the added detail of a top gathered skirt panel, and is easy to wear for all occasions. I hope you like the outcome as…
As we explored in our introduction and history of embroidery, using the craft to tell a story or document history has been common practice since its inception, the greatest example being the Bayeux Tapestry, which was created in around the early 11th century. Our next artisan embroiderer produces modern versions of this phenomenon, stitching stories…
If you are anything like me, you would have gathered a generous heap of fabric cut offs over time. You might also be a fan of our Doggie Bag cut offs. In any case, this tutorial is meant to use those very-hard-to-use-for-anything bits of fabric you don’t want to throw away. A ‘ girl can never…
We’ve decided to show you how to make this kimono style short bathrobe, made out of the gorgeous Yarn dye’ Multi Coloured Linen which really lifts this simple design. Rather than choosing fabric for a specific project, we started with this yarn dye fabric as we couldn’t resist not using it in some way. A kimono…
After our popular’ black linen culottes‘ tutorial’ from’ a little while back, we have added a new design into our library our tutorials, this time a pair of short culottes which come with a waist tie that you can arrange’ into a pretty little bow. ‘ If you are unsure about the length of the culottes and would rather make them…
We love making linen clothes, a lot of the time our preference of’ design for linen is a loose fit with a’ sense of great comfort. This time, we decided to shake things up a little and show you how to make a pretty A-line fitted dress that doesn’t require a very difficult pattern. This pattern is…
You probably own a few of these in cottons and stretchy jersey fabrics, but make it out of linen, and you have something quite special. It is easy to wear, super comfortable and looks great by itself as well as an under a shirt or a sweater. This is a great and quick tutorial for…
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