by alisonrgreer | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog
The internet is a wonderful place, granting us access to a miriad of wonderful things. Whatever you’re looking for, you can usually find it online, this also applies to fabric. Green satin with pink polka dots, or crepe fabric in a million different weights and...
by alisonrgreer | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog
Everyone has essential tools that they use everyday in their job that make the work better or easier or even make it possible. Here’s a list of my essentials. (In no particular order.) Measuring Tape Pins & Pincushion Unpicker / Seam ripper Metre Ruler /...
by alisonrgreer | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog
You might be wondering what qualifies me to teach you how to sew? I took my BTEC National Diploma at Doncaster College and then went on to graduate from the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in Epsom (formerly Epsom School or Art & Design and currently The...
by alisonrgreer | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog
One of my favourite things about being a bespoke dressmaker is some of the unusual requests that clients come to me with and how that allows me to get creative with styles I have never done before. Bryony came to me wanting a Prom Dress based on the Victorian Style...
by alisonrgreer | Jan 13, 2016 | Blog
Something happened to me last year – I started to care about who made my clothes and how they were treated. The catalyst for this was The True Cost documentary, which I watched on Netflix one evening when Gary was out. He came home to find that I had...
by alisonrgreer | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog
Each new year, for the past few years, instead of a New Years Resolution I have set myself a word of intention for the year. The word of 2014 was LOVE and in April 2014 I found the love of my life, Gary. That’s a pretty impressive result from just setting my...
