Hi there! Happy new year! Welcome to 2017; here's hoping it's a little easier on the nerves than last year was. I had quite a busy festive period, sewing wise, or at least the run up to Christmas. Particularly on Christmas Eve night when, having told the children all day that Santa would bring gifts... Continue Reading →
Last month I won a pair of tickets to the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching show from Dots n Stripes. Although I knew the fabric stash was getting a little bulky, I trundled along for a day out with Mum and, unsurprisingly, managed to find some have-to-have fabrics. You're shocked, I know! I actually did most... Continue Reading →
Hi there! So it's the week before Christmas and suddenly, despite thinking I was well ahead on my gift making this year, I'm in a sewing frenzy, trying desperately to get through everything that needs doing. This has been made worse by my children both hitting a growth spurt and commenting whistfully (I swear they... Continue Reading →
Hello! I've got another slightly festive make for you today. I didn't actually think of it as festive until I wore it to work the day after I finished it (as you do!) and one of my new colleagues commented that I was wearing my Christmas dress. Clearly they don't know me well! Anyway, this... Continue Reading →
Hi there! Hope you're enjoying the run up to Christmas? I'm slowly starting to unwind now I've finished work for the year and school has finished. Now if I could just get my eldest to relax a little, talk about worn out! It's just a quick post today to talk about 3 dresses which I've... Continue Reading →
Hi there! This blog's been a little while in the writing; the problem has been getting photos. Somehow, between flu bugs and kids' birthday parties, there doesn't seem to have been a spare daylight hour to take decent photos of late. So, apologies in advance that some of these are courtesy of Gertrude, my dress... Continue Reading →
Hi there! How's life? Hope all's going well. So I wanted to talk today about multiple makes. It's a slightly longer post, but it does cover 7 garments in one sitting, so bear with me! As the weather's got cooler, I've found myself in need of good wardrobe basics, particularly given my weight loss since... Continue Reading →
Hi there! How's your week going? I'm writing this at home, snuggled up on the sofa, feeling like hell with this flu bug that's going around. Which has meant zero sewing this week. Which is pants. But it does give me a chance to catch up a little on the blog, so long as I... Continue Reading →
Hi! How's life going for you this week? I'm having a rather mixed week: all sorts going on making life hard away from the sewing machine. But good things going on with the sewing, which helps balance things out. Two really exciting things happened very close together: firstly, I won a sewing machine in the... Continue Reading →
Hi there! I thought it was about time I talked about a couple of my makes which I'm deeming to be failures, although for different reasons. So, what's it mean to me for a make to be a failure? Basically, it means I haven't worn it when I meant to. As I'm sure you've noticed... Continue Reading →
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