With the Great British Sewing Bee now coming to an end (booooo), we hope you are all feeling creative and motivated to get sewing more yourself!

For the month of April the theme at Sew Confident HQ is ‘Sew the perfect capsule wardrobe’. Here are some top hints and tips to help you with ‘Planning a me-made capsule wardrobe’. Fancy joining in and creating your own personal capsule wardrobe? Be sure to tag us in any posts of your makes and use the hashtag #SCCapsuleWardrobe (We’ll be giving a pattern bundle to one lucky winner at the end of the month)

PART ONE: PRE PLANNING

1. What is the dress code?
2. Is it for work, home, active wardrobe?
3. What colour scheme?
4. What can I create that will ‘complete’ and work with items already in my wardrobe?

PART TWO: PLANNING

1. Make drafts, take your time and make the perfect choices.
2. Is there patterns you can use that you already own?
3. Do you already have suitable fabric for any of your pieces or do you need to source more?
4. Are the items you have chosen to create appropriate for more than one season?
5. Do you have all the skills needed to create these items or do you need some extra help?

PART THREE: GET STARTED!

1. Start with the most exciting piece
2. Get help when needed ( I heard Sew Confident have some good classes for this… )
3. Stick to creating your capsule wardrobe
4. Post it, promote it, be proud of it!

Keep an eye out for my other blogs this month where I will be telling you all about my capsule wardrobe picks, the history behind those items and some of my favourite patterns to make them yourself! REMINDER: Fancy joining in with this months ‘capsule wardrobe’ theme? Be sure to tag us in any posts of your makes AND use the hashtag #SCCapsuleWardrobe (We’ll be giving a pattern bundle to one lucky winner at the end of the month).