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Ex–Great British Sewing Bee 🐝 | On The Sewing Patterns ✂️
Two sisters in two cities, united by a love of design.
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From official training to handmade style, follow our creative journey through fabric, fashion and fun.”

18/07/2026

Back to stashbusting.

I made this skirt for a date that didn’t quite go to plan, so I ended up ditching it and going for drinks with a friend instead. Much better evening, honestly.

Please ignore the wrinkles — these photos were taken after, not before.

This Chinese brocade had been sitting in my stash for nearly four years before I finally turned it into the Yara skirt by . It used almost every last scrap. Another one down.

15/07/2026

Apparently I’m a cover girl now. Always fancied myself as one, to be honest.

Eleanor and I are featured in the latest issue of Sewn Magazine, talking about everything from sewing and Sewing Bee to our inspiration and the bond we have through making together.

A massive thank you to the team for asking us to share our story. It was such a lovely interview and such a special thing for us to do as sisters.

The issue is available now at sewnmag.com if you want read our full interview.

11/07/2026

Everyone wanted to know what would happen if I didn’t win the Ticketmaster war?

Well, I guess we’ll never know.

BTS Arirang London Day 2 for the Noonas.

10/07/2026

Everyone is obsessed with the Givenchy lace dress and, honestly, I get it. But at £8k, I was going to need a different plan.

Turns out it’s actually a surprisingly simple sew, so I made my own for £30 instead. That’s a 99.6% discount, and I love about bargain.

Pattern: Givy Dress by
Corded lace:

P.S. Why has CapCut colour graded me like I’ve got liver failure?

07/07/2026

Excuse me, I’m off to go get my man…

Homemade veil for the BTS Arirang tour.

04/07/2026

Finally starting my maid of honour dress for Eleanor’s wedding, and it also counts as a stash buster. Who even am I?

This toile is made from this organza(?) fabric I’ve hoarded for ages and only bought because it was 3 metres for £2. Look who’s laughing now!

Also yes, my room looks awful. This clip was originally filmed for WhatsApp, not for public viewing…

Anyway, this is just the beginning, there’s still a long way to go before the final dress is made. I plan to document it… so lemme know if there’s anything you wanna know about the process, inspo, fabric, etc!

24/06/2026

I have found the sound effects button on CapCut, which is obviously a terrible development for everybody watching, but huge for me personally.

Anyway. Turquoise silk from a Goldhawk Road trip a very long while ago, black chiffon left over from my last project, and the Ailyn dress hacked into a new, hopefully Versace-esque idea.

There was dart relocation. There was seam insertion. There was muttering. There was a call to Eleanor. But I’m very glad I managed to salvage the project. And the red silk still lives. Ideas welcome.

I do have to confess one thing though… there was a brief break in the stashbuster rules for black floral lace trim because somehow South London’s biggest lace obsessive (me) had completely run out.

A frankly humbling experience for the wider sewing community.

20/06/2026

This week I got to pattern test for the latest roll out from Murphy - 🥳🥳

I love it. Infact I love it so much I whipped it out after work last night and immediately wore it today for wedding errands.

It’s a total grab and go number; a wrap dress with inside ties to hold the front securely and two ties on the opposite side to hold the wrap in place. It’s short with a high neckline so you can give ‘suns out, gams out’ without compromising on modesty too much.
Saying that- I did film the making of it but Spielberg himself couldn’t edit out the amount of nudity from sewing in the heat, so maybe judging modesty isn’t my forte.
(All that was left was a snippet of bobbin winding.)

Fabric: Fabric Godmother “Blake stripe denim-butter yellow”

13/06/2026

Look. I don’t know what was happening to my left, but clearly it deserved my full attention.

Perhaps it was my INSANELY BRILLIANT PATTERN MATCHING!?

Some slightly grainy pictures of my current sewing obsession: a hacked Patterns & Online Sewing Courses Sati skirt made with a bit of imagination and the absolute bare minimum of pattern drafting knowledge.

I’ve had a few people ask for a tutorial already, which is both flattering and slightly alarming. But if people would genuinely find it useful, I can absolutely recreate it properly.

Fabric is stash chiffon originally from Goldhawk Road and Woolcrest Trading Ltd.

Also a small moment of appreciation for my beloved machines, which handled all these slippery fabrics and rolled hems without a single complaint.

11/06/2026

Thinking about starting a little stash busting series because sewing is expensive and I genuinely need to make some space. Mostly so I can justify acquoting more fabric…

This Mei top and hacked Sati skirt, are both made entirely from fabric and trims in my stash. Making me feel deeply smug.

Would actually love to know how other people sew though. Are you loyal to the to-make list, or does one idea send you completely off course like me?

Also yes my nails are brutally short because I’m learning pottery now.

And finally, important news for the people: Lidl now sell cocoa butter.

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