With summer approaching it is inevitable that we will all want to update our wardrobes. Whilst sewing is amazing and all of the fun, it can be quite expensive. I’ve been keeping a list of all the free patterns out…
“And lunge 2, 3, 4, squat 2, 3, 4, jump 2, 3, 4” Posing in culottes always turns me into a wannabe 80s fitness instructor. It’s just so tricky to do elegantly but I gave it my best shot. These…
On our recent trip to Cork we went to Sage restaurant in Midleton, a restaurant which sources all its food from within 12 miles. Eco-friendly and absolutely scrumptious, what more could a girl need?! Oh, a new dress of course!…
So May is over and that means my first Me Made May has come to a close. I originally pledged to wear 3 handmade items a week, which seemed to be a realistic goal. However, May came along and London…
Sometimes a sewing project doesn’t quite turn out how you expected. For me this is often due to two things; not reading the instructions properly and choosing the wrong fabric. My most recent miss of a project was this tartan…
For Christmas I was lucky enough to be given a sewing course at Sew Over It by my family. It took some careful deliberation to choose the course I wanted to do but I settled on the two day Zoe…
I always think bank holiday weekends are the best time for big craft projects. You have three or four days to take on a more time-consuming project than you could during the evening, yet you can’t let it drag on…
It will come as a surprise to no one that I, along with most of instagram, absolutely adore the Cleo dungaree dress. You can’t have a scroll through Instagram without seeing a few posts of people raving about it. It…
I’m going to start this post with a disclaimer: I made this pattern to practise sleeve insertion, not because I was particularly enamoured with the way it looked. I’m not a big fan of loose fitting clothing in general as…
The last Saturday in each month will be Stash Busting Saturday on the Merry Makes by Alice-May blog, and hopefully in your home too! I’ll be bringing a new make to you each month which is quick, easy, and busts that scrap stash. First up is this adorable mini bunting.
A few days ago I woke to the news that the UK recycling program is going to suffer due to China banning importing plastic waste for recycling. It shocked me to find out that the UK ships 55% of paper…
