Red to Violet - Dressmaking & Designing, alterations & repairs

17/11/2022

17/11/2022

This should be fun folks, come along and try your hand at something new.

04/04/2022

Busy making jackets to celebrate Last Invasion of Britain. (1797) 10 completed ready for final pressing 40 left to do.

18/07/2020

6 hrs making this glorious pink frock for the granddaughter . I love it. Linen from Penbanc fabrics, spots from Rose & Hubble and print from Teifi Textiles, Cardigan Guildhall Market.

02/05/2020

Been making tartan jodhpurs, the wind is cold in West Wales. Zoom in for the Bassetts Allsorts lining on the jacket. After all 30 year old jackets can be v dull if not given an upgrade regularly. A big Thankyou to Julia for the photograph.

01/02/2020

Here’s the Shaman in the window of Oriel Bevan Jones in Carmarthen accompanied by a gold and red spotted evening coat as well as a Devore Spring warmer.

01/02/2020

Shaman coat made from felt layered with beaten copper wire. That one took hours of intense rolling and beating (into submission and shape)

21/12/2019

Selling carthen bags in Oriel Bevan Jones in Carmarthen.

28/09/2019

Details on the back of a wedding dress, sooooo long ago, thankyou to the lovely Miriam.

12/07/2019

Bright & breezy.Summer split back coat constructed from linen mix fabric found in a local charity shop. Up cycled curtains with a definite late 70s feel to the print. I have tweaked and adapted this pattern for the past 20 years and find myself returning to it again and again . That split begins over a shoulder and just descends. . .

05/07/2019

My “parachute” dress, made about 20 years ago . New pink silk but recycled butterflies from a skirt constructed in a moment of madness when I pregnant. All hail Jude who bought me the butterflies 🦋!

19/06/2019

Little dancer in her Hi shine PVC outfit made recently for competing. Many congratulations to you Jaycee on your success and hopefully more outfits for me to design & make. . .