Making things with my own hands.

After completing the Dressmaking Weekend course, I was itching to make another piece of garment for myself, and this Ultimate Pencil Skirt workshop looked like a perfect fit! This was a next level class (categorized as Advanced Beginner), and also offered the chance for me to make a pencil skirt tailored just for me – how amazing was that! (I find it really difficult to buy pencil skirts that fit me off the racks because of my weird waist/hip proportion). For this piece, it w

After completed the intro to sewing course, I moved on to taking classes which allowed me to make my own clothes (woohoo!), starting with this Dressmaking Weekend at Sew Over It, where I learnt how to make a skirt and a dress. On the first day, we made a full circle skirt, based on a sewing pattern from Sew Over It. A sewing pattern is just like what it sounds like – patterns on a sheet of paper for that one uses as a guide for sewing (a garment usually comprises of a few pie

I made this picnic bag as part of a little project done at the last bit of the Intro to Sewing class at Sew Over It. Dom was super flexible in her teaching – we could choose to learn how to do alterations during the last session of the class, or any other sewing project we were interested in. I didn’t have many clothing articles with me during my time in London, hence didn’t need to alter anything. I found a lovely picnic bag in one of the sewing project books at the studio.

As I continue on my journey to seek out workshops – wood was the next material to come to mind (after metal, cloth, paper. What else is there?). I found a wood whittling intro workshop at The Green Wood Guild in London. I honestly wasn’t quite sure what to expect for the workshop. The last time I handled wood was during Design & Technology class more than a decade ago, and I think we made some sort of a box, and I mainly remembered filing / sandpapering & varnishing the wood…

I made the cutest beagle tote bag & lined zipped bag as part of the Intro to Sewing course at Sew Over It. This was part of the same 2-day course where I made a cushion cover. One of the things that drew me to Sew Over It when I first checked them out online was the extensive range of fabrics they have. When I saw the beagle-printed fabric, I was in love, and could not wait to make something with it when I signed up for classes. So many adorable fabrics to choose from You mig

I picked up a little bit of sewing during a brief stint in London. I loved how I went home after every lesson with a little item I made, and they got progressively more challenging / personalized. The first thing I made was this cushion cover with an adorable print. This wasn’t the first sewing lesson I went for, but first (and pretty short) sewing class I took was eons ago – more than 10 years ago! Yes, this was a class outside of Home Economics. My mum signed me up for dres