Ruby's Wardrobe: Making an embroidered Dressing Gown

Ruby's Wardrobe: Making an embroidered Dressing Gown

For the next item in Ruby’s wardrobe of extraordinarily pretty things, I wanted to make a dressing gown. I’m thinking sort of country house weekend …. you know, the sort of thing you could take to wear whilst staying at some rather grand house in the rolling hills of …. wherever. Well, a girl’s gotta dream! Anyhow, generally, I think a lightweight, easy to pack robe is a useful thing to have and with the PJ’s also in mind to make, I set about planning the project.

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Making fabric baskets

Making fabric baskets

Being in lockdown has been an interesting experience. In some ways a chance to recalibrate and reorganise. I have spent the last few weeks reorganising my sewing space and really looking at what I have been collecting over quite a long period of time. Of course I am a fabric hoarder - but it’s no good stashing fabric if you cannot see it and don’t always remember what is there. I decided I needed a better way of sorting my fabrics and protecting them too. Making storage baskets is a great idea….a great way to use your stash and really not at all complicated.

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