I’m Jess and So What If I Sew, my blog, instagram and youtube channel, is about sewing, dressmaking and all things stitch-related!
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My Week In Sewing: Me Made Wardrobe and Upcoming Sewing Plans
Hello everyone! This week you join me on the sofa cutting out patterns and giving myself a home pedicure with one of the Fast and Furious films in the background. Its been a busy couple of weeks with very little sewing if I’m honest. But then that is the point of these blogs, to be…
My Week In Sewing: Slip Dresses & Summer Sewing
Hello everyone, here we are back again! Honestly I missed last week because of a combination of the Bank Holiday making me forget what day was Sunday and my final MA assessment (apart from my dissertation) was due on Tuesday so I was writing all weekend anyway. Thus a Sunday missed but not much sewing…
My Week In Sewing: Holidays, Bomber Jackets, and Summer Sewing
Hello everyone and welcome back to the So What If I Sew blog! We are back for another ‘My Week In Sewing’ except technically it is two weeks as last weekend we were away on holiday. It’s been an exceedingly busy two weeks and I have been really looking forward to sitting down on my…
My Week In Sewing: Batch Projects, My New Sewing Space, and The Cashmerette Club
Welcome back to week two of the My Week In Sewing blog feature. I have to say I have been looking forward to sitting down and writing this all week! This past week has been far more sewing focussed, started some new projects, I kept going with some old ones, I tried a new philosphy…
My Week In Sewing: Sickness, Cosy Cardigans, and my Sicily Slip Dress
Hello everyone, I’ve been saying this a lot recently but welcome back after a brief hiatus. I’m hoping to have to say that less but life is what life is. The challenge from starting a blog in lockdown is that returning to the office, commuting, and generally being out of the house limits the time…
International Women’s Day 2022 #BreakTheBias
Happy International Woman’s Day! For those of you who may be new here, the two things I talk about are sewing and female healthcare. The theme for IWD 2022 is #BreakTheBias. This theme encourages us to consider the myriad ways in which women experience bias and to challenge those biases. As is probably obvious from…
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