Great British Sewing Bee

The Great British Sewing Bee was on again last night and I was very proud to see that my stripe design was still being used in the opening credits. I was then even more surprised when I saw one of the contestants wearing an outfit made from one of my designs! She was wearing a turquoise top with a yoke and cuffs made from a collection I designed called Sew Simple.

Above is the original stripe that's still going strong.

You can see it in the background of the image below, made up into dress.

The contestant, Tracey, wearing the sewing-inspired top.

Below you can see the original print that I designed for Makower UK.

Fabric Friday

I'm very proud to say that some fabric I worked on a while ago for Makower was featured on the Great British Sewing Bee last night! It's from a group of fabric designs called Modern Folkloric, a fun collection of folk-inspired images in shades of black, grey and yellow.

The fabric that was used last night was an abstract geometric, described by Claudia Winkleman as 'weird discs with caterpillars attached'! The fabric was made up into a square-necked summer dress by Neela in the made-to-measure challenge of the show.

You can see the full collection of Modern Folkloric designs on my portfolio website.

Luckily Claudia pointed out that there was no 'upside down' to the print, making it easier to cut.

Choosing a bold print meant that Neela had to make sure that the design matched up at the seams, which was no easy task with this design!

Neela made a princess seam dress with a full, pleated skirt using contrasting fabric to create a sash.

 'Weird discs with caterpillars attached'.

This design was used as the contrasting fabric for the sash.

  This design was fun to create, although the repeat proved to be a tad trying.

I love the simple black and cream of this design.

A little claim to fame

Sorry, I had to brag a little bit! I went into Liberty on Saturday and saw some of the fabrics there that I designed, including this chicken and egg group which was rather fitting for the Easter period!

I also the saw the Great British Sewing Bee book and they have my stripe fabric on the front. I was rather chuffed! The fabric was shown in the opening credits of the show and is also on their Facebook page!