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Day 23 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 23 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

09.03.2015 Blog 2
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Braving the weather to shop! I love this textured fabric, and how easy to wear this shift dress is! Thankfully I used some...

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Day 22 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 22 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

08.03.2015 Blog 0
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Sunday's are usually a teaching day for me as people take sewing classes in their leisure time. This year I'm attempting to get into...

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Day 21 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

Day 21 #BeeMine- My 30 day blog challenge- Fashion With Fabric

07.03.2015 Blog 0
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I spent today at the Knit and Stitch show in Olympia, and had my first ever book signing...

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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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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 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 an indie Pattern Maker

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