I feel like this blog hasn't got off to the happiest start. I started my last post by saying how exhausted I was. And this one.... well, it's fair to say I've had an incredibly bad week. And I've wondered whether to put this on the blog or not, particularly as I've achieved precisely zero... Continue Reading →
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This week has been a hell of a week. Which on the face of it is weird, as I've been off work on holiday for a fortnight so theoretically, I should be extremely chilled out right now. But. The reason I'm off work is my biggest little girl started school last week (part time at... Continue Reading →
I did it! I made progress in tackling my fear of stretch fabrics! Finally, almost 6 months after going on a workshop to make a Tilly and the Buttons Coco top/dress, I sat down all on my own and made another one! Hurrah! Here is the top, on a very tired me at the end of a very... Continue Reading →
What is it about the big shows put on at exhibition centres around the country? I've been to several now for a number of different interests and there's just something about them that's somehow slightly disappointing. Take today. Â I went to the Stitching, Sewing and Hobbycrafts show in Manchester. Â It's some years since I've been... Continue Reading →
Although this blog is very new and shiny, I have been sewing for a little while now and there are certain fabrics I feel pretty comfortable with. Cotton. Â Cotton's pretty good. Particularly quilting cotton - firm, stable, pretty colours.... not always great for dressmaking though, is it? Â Looks great on the hanger or on Gertrude... Continue Reading →
So there I was, committed to making a pair of trousers, with no clue what I was doing and an over-riding knowledge that, other than gym trousers (which have so much stretch that "fit" doesn't really apply), I have never really had a pair of trousers that fit properly in my entire life. No pressure.... Continue Reading →
Have you ever had a series of circumstances line up in such a way that you find you've tackled something that you probably would never have got around to otherwise? This is the case with me and my very first pair of "proper" trousers. I say "proper" trousers as I have made a number of... Continue Reading →
Hello there! So this is a rather spur of the moment decision, but it seems I'm starting a blog. Â If you've found your way here, I'm guessing you've probably got an interest in dressmaking. Â Over the last year or so, it's become something of an obsession for me. I've decided that I'd like somewhere to... Continue Reading →
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