Dressmaking Services

Tailoring

Basic tailoring can change a frumpy ill-fitting outfit into a perfect silhouette.

Buttons

A few new buttons sewn on to your clothes will bring them to life. Use buttons from old clothes that you no longer wear or from local charity shops.

Beads and Sequins

Add beads and sequins to make your clothes sparkle. Bead shops are great fun.

Dying

Dying is an extremely simply way of freshening up old clothes. here are so many colours available and many different methods including cold and hot dyes.

Tie-Dye

A great hippy, festival style can be achieved with some elastic bands and a bucket of dye. You'd be surprised how good the results can be when you do it right.

Tears and Rips

Torn clothes don't have to look like builder's cast offs. Ripped jeans are back in fashion and easily created by simply cutting horizontal cuts up the front of an old pair of jeans. Chop the sleeves off of a T shirt. They don't fray and look great.

Sew scraps together to make accessories

Chop off all the best bits from old clothes and sew them together to make something unique. A bag, a scarf, a waistcoat. The possibilities are endless.

Image consultancy

I work with Angela Marshall of Appearance Management, an image consultant, who helps people to make the most of their appearance by understanding what shades of colours suit them, styles to compliment their wardrobe and how to plan and organise a wardrobe to suit their lifestyle and budget. Angela has also written two books, for men and women, on understanding how to feel good in clothes by being aware of your wardrobe personality. There is a questionnaire plus information on what brands of clothes you will enjoy buying. Check out your wardrobe personality now.