Kirsty Hartley
Designer and Author
Childrenswear designer Kirsty is the founder of Wild Things Dresses and has written 2 books – Wild Things To Make and Wild Things: Funky Little Clothes to Sew. She’s makes award-winning happy, playful clothes for girls and boys that foster adventure, from rainbow dresses to animal costumes. After launching her Etsy shop 4 years ago, Kirsty revived her love of making and focused on putting her heart and soul into following a career creating children’s wear and textiles. Her designs are widely loved for their eye-catching colours and sense of fun and her work has been featured in magazines including Mollie Makes, Simply Sewing, Love Crafting, Sew Magazine and Crafts Beautiful. Find her on Instagram @wildthingsdresses
Recent articles by Kirsty Hartley
How to make a Halloween garland
Conjure up the perfect piece of Halloween decor with Kirsty Hartley’s easy step-by-step guide on how to make a Halloween banner. Have fun with glittery stars, spooky bats and colour-popping pom poms.
How to make the cutest trick or treat bucket for Halloween
Boo! Have fun with this frighteningly fun Halloween craft project as we show you how to make a trick or treat bucket using fabric, felt and a few basic sewing supplies.
Let your creativity soar with our DIY dragon costume tutorial
Fly off on a magical adventure with Kirsty Hartley's glittery kids dragon costume.
How to make a cat tail
Put some real sparkle into playtime by making cute cat costumes for kids. Here's how to make a cat tail and cat mask ready for Halloween.
How to make a cat costume
Get your spooky sew on with Kirsty Hartley’s pattern DIY cat costume cape for ages 1-8 years
Free children's apron pattern
Sew your own kiddies apron with Kirsty Hartley's sunshine pattern!
How to make a sun hat
Set sail on a seaside adventure with this summer sunhat sewing pattern. Kirsty Hartley shows you how to make a sun hat!
Free pattern | Make a girl's skater dress
Colourful pom poms add the finishing touch to this simple skater dress pattern – brighten up your child's world and make it with our step-by-step guide for ages 6 months to 8 years.
Easy-sew Christmas tree advent calendar
Kids will love Kirsty Hartley's tree advent calendar, with detachable shapes for them to decorate it with sparkles, stars and pom noms galore!