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Day 20 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 20 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

06.03.2015 Blog 0
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Working in the leisure industry, means working weekends, so Friday's are often my "weekend" rest days. Meeting some pals at the Fashion and...

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Day 19 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 19 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

05.03.2015 Blog 0
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Today's #BeeMine is a super speedy 1 hour sew. using a stretch fabric and the pencil skirt pattern i hacked up this easy...

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Day 17 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 17 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

03.03.2015 Blog 1
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Challenged by my publisher to wear a garment every day from my book Fashion with Fabric means lots of organising and frantic calls...

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Day 16 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 16 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

03.03.2015 Blog 0
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Out and about today meeting with chums and designers so I slipped my striped Drapey dress.This is a great intro to sewing with...

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Day 15 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 15 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

01.03.2015 Blog 0
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Day 15 of my BeeMine blog challenge is another tweedy A line skirt. This time round my mini has been made up in...

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Day 14 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 14 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

28.02.2015 Blog 0
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Blimey, day 14 and my publisher is clearly stalking me now, as she popped into the studio to catch me in action teaching...

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Day 13 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 13 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

27.02.2015 Blog 4
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I braved a spring dress today! A simple black and white striped cotton shirred dress. British Spring time proved a tad windy...

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Day 12 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 12 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

26.02.2015 Blog 2
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Challenged by my publisher to wear a garment a day from my book, I was dashing about today, so chucked on some casual...

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Tips for sewing corsets from Julia at Sew Curvy

Tips for sewing corsets from Julia at Sew Curvy

26.02.2015 Blog 5
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Tonight in the UK, sees 7 amateur Seamsters grappling with corset making for the first time on The Great British Sewing Bee! EEK!So...

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Day 11 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 11 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

25.02.2015 Blog 6
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Working in Theatre means it's hard to get to see stuff! A rare trip then, to the Globe Theatre in London sees me in...

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Claire-Louise Hardie

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Learn to sew with me Claire-Louise Hardie, Former Sewing Producer for The Great British Sewing Bee. I'm an in person and online Sewing Educator who loves making clothes fit and inspiring beginners to get started. For almost 3 decades I've been a professional Freelance Costumer for stage and screen. I'm a Writer for the best selling "Love Sewing" Magazine and a an indie Pattern Maker

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