Now not to blow my own Trumpet or anything but I seem to be on a roll these past couple of months regarding myself appearing in Sewing Magazines!!

September was my 1st ever article in print offering my advice on Sewing your own lingerie.

Good morning! It’s a Happy Friday indeed today my 1st ever Sewing Article about Sewing your own Lingerie is in print today in @sewingworldmag!!! I’ve written a blog post with more info – link in my profile ?#theyorkshiresewist #sewingworldmagazine #blogger #sewistofinstagram #article #lingerie #sewyourown #handmade #nice #1sttime #inprint #makeitsew #exciting #dailyseam

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October, I was the Back Page Blogger and my Wrap Dress in Reader’s Makes in Sew Now.

Just having a lazy saturday morning reading through my Subscriber copy of @sewnowmag enjoying my cuppa in bed and guess who’s the Back Page Blogger of this Issue? Don’t wanna give ought away till it’s out in the shops ? #sewnowmag #sewing #sewingblogger #bloggerofinstagram #sewist #theyorkshiresewist #backpageblogger #inprint #2monthsinarow #dailyseam #maker #makeitsew #lazysaturday #peaceandquiet #kidsdownstairs

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Now this!! My Tutorial to make your cute Cookie Cutter Heart Pin Cushions!

It was great fun playing around to get the Project right and of course getting to use some lovely Liberty Cotton Tana Lawn from the Exclusive Collection 360 which is avai

lable here.  Also the fab Sammy who owns Sew Crafty and which I’m on her Design Team for also have a lovely Wreath Project to make in this issue too! You can buy Simply Sewing Magazine directly here.

Think I’m done this year….. well no…. I tell a lie! I’ve got a Guest Post for the Minerva Crafts Blogger Network, coming soon!

Now I’ve got a extra copy of the current issue of Simply Sewing Magazine which comes with a awesome jumpsuit pattern that i giving away to one lucky reader!

All you have to do is a leave comment here and for extra chances leave a comment on this Giveaway Post but you can also comment on my Instagram, Twitter or Facebook Page for extra chances to win!

Giveaway open to the UK residents only due to postage and  ends Sunday 3rd December 2017 at 5pm.

Let me know if you do make any of my Pin Cushions!

Sal x

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I’ve been wanting to make these PJ’s since it was a freebie that landed on my doorstop with Issue 10 of Sew Now Magazine…. trouble was that I didn’t have the perfect Fabric in my stash!!

Now surely when making your own Pj’s you want them to be –  A) comfortable and B) the most craziness Fabric print!!!

So the search went on….finally came across Flamingo Fabrics that sold this ever so awesome Unicorn 100% Cotton Fabric for such a steal at £2.39 a metre and its 60″ wide too!! Yay! I’m sorry but who can’t say no to Unicorns?!

Now I haven’t been blogging in a long time, with my 1st post in 2 months was posted a couple of days ago…. so i’m finally get back into the swing of things and came across Laura’s #Wardrobebuilder August Project which is Nightwear and Jo’s #sewingthescene which has Prizes!!!!!

The idea for Sewing The Scene is to sew something for your normal wardrobe (not a costume) inspired by film or TV, then share a photo on Instagram with the tag #sewingthescene.

Now if you haven’t seen my Insta feed I posted the delightful Agnes cuddly a Fluffy Unicorn!!! I love the Minions/Despicable Me franchise…even more than my kiddies i think! So i decided to dedicate my PJ’s with Unicorns!!

via GIPHY

According to the measurements, I decided to make a medium for the shoulders and bust then grade to a large from the waist and hips as PJ’s are meant to comfortable!

Now for some reason…I’ve not made an old fashioned type PJ before as I’ve recently made Tilly and The Buttons Fifi which i loved making to truth be told the PJ’s were pretty quick to sew together espically when using Mrs Singer to finish my Seams before hand

I seem to like making buttonholes at the moment, you’d think since making 15 for my Hawthorn Dress I’d be like “hell no!” but who couldn’t resist sparkly buttons!

For the length of the Cropped Trousers, i still took a massive 10″ off them so the sit nicely just under my knee Yeah…..I’m a short ass!!! So for the Hem on these I decided to do a double hem instead of an overlocked one just for a change! Hahaha!

With using 0.6mm aka 1/4″ Seam Allowance for Sewing them up, it allows for this truly nice finished inside the PJ’s

The only downside I had with this Pattern was the instructions to make the casing for the Elastic for the PJ Bottoms. I just thought it was a fiddly way of doing that step so i resorted to what i know!

I made the channel 1st by pressing it 2cm to the wrongside (to the inside of the Bottoms) and then stitched in place, remembering to leave a gap and then thread the elastic through with a safety pin and then stitch the elastic together and sew the gap! One Easier way of making Casing!!

So in a couple of days (probably be a full day if i wasn’t at 9-3 at work lol) I made these beauties!!

I just love the Collar on these its so crisp!!

And of course nothing else isn’t compete without a Cuppa in bed with your Unicorn Jammies and no work!!! Bliss!!

Enjoy what ever you are up to today! I’m off School Shoe shopping for the boys…..wish me luck!!

Sal xx

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I can finally share with you guys that I’m featured in the New Bookazine from Sew Magazine!

It’s called Sew Style Essentials and my little feature is my little tip of getting the perfect Gathers in a Dress/Skirt using Elastic! Yes you heard me right! It’s such a quicker way and perfect for the ‘OCD types’ like myself who needs equally spaced gathers or nothing else will do!!

So here is my feature in the Magazine!

I’m wearing the Day Dress by The Avid Seamstress where i used this ever so gorgeous Swallow Print Chambray which i’d bought from Minervacrafts!

It’s such a comfy everyday dress !

So just in-case you missed what Sew Up North 2016 was all about then go and have a nosey at my post here and check out Becca’s Blog too aka RedWSews – My Sewing Partner in Crime I’m sure she will be thrilled to be in print!! There are some great tips from other bloggers that you may know!

So this Issue is now on Sale in WH Smith and Major Supermarkets but just in-case you can’t find in the Shops, it it’s on sale here.

There are 3 fabulous Kwik Sew Patterns that come with it and jammed pack with plenty of projects and inspiration to get the creative juices flowing!

Just arm yourself with a cuppa and a couple….maybe half a packet of biscuits lol!

Sal x

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