Jill came to our Social Club event with her family last September. We instantly loved her energy, her style and her warmth. She is a keen maker and a joyful dresser, favouring easy shapes and bright, primary colours.Her mother made all her clothes until she was 13 after which she was given the tools to make her own and, in Jill’s own words: “I was away”. She has sewn on and off for her whole life. Now, in her 80’s, she is as playful as ever.We gave Jill free rein to put together outfits, pairing her own makes with samples from the shop. Below are the outfits she chose. Watch the video on Instagram here

From left to right Jill is wearing a Sanda Jacket in Cumin Dry Oilskin that’s been quilted (no longer available), an Ellis dress in Calamity Blue Gingham Linen. A Miller waistcoat in 9oz Utility Navy, the Arbor Shirt in Warm White 160 Linen (no longer available), 101 Trousers in Indigo Moon and Jill’s own Pom Pom Scarf made in Indigo Moon

From left to right Jill is wearing the Ellis dress in Forager Stripe linen with a Sanda Jacket in corduroy, the Rugby dress is in Sugar Cookie Linen and 101 Trousers in Forager Stripe linen with an Ellsworth shirt in a navy linen and the September coat in Navy Dry Oilskin.

The Sanda - Bound Edges

Our Sanda pattern is a perfect pairing for our quilted fabric. We have created a pattern hack to make an unlined jacket or coat with bound edges. You can find the instructions here. Note you can use this tutorial to make a Sanda with a bound edge from any fabric eg canvas etc, it doesn't have to be quilted cloth.

Tash is wearing a size 10 (she’s an 8) in our Cumin Quilted Dry Oilskin paired with the Mathilde skirt. We would recommend sizing up 1 or 2 sizes as the quilted fabric takes up more space. Note the Quilted Dry Oilskin will give you a very sculptural silhouette (hence the need to size up) espcially in the jacket version as it's cropped, and this may not be to everyone's taste. Our quilted Indian cotton is more soft than the quilted oilskin so will not stand so far away from the body.

This pattern hack would also be perfect for our Quilted Indian Cotton. Experiment with matching or contrasting binding.