OK folks, sorry about the slight blog lull there, we got back from holiday at 3am on Sunday morning, thus totally negating all relaxing vibes from the break and I've been functioning on auto pilot ever since! I've also been sewing like a mad thing, but on a project I can't share with you just... Continue Reading →
Hi there! Today's holiday blog will be shorter and sweeter than usual, purely because this is now my 5th version of this top! Yes, it's the Datura again! But I thought it was worth mentioning as I did make a few change to this one that make it, in my opinion, even more perfect as... Continue Reading →
Hi there! It's time for another summer holiday dress, but this time it's a Tribute Month make. The Sewcialists Tribute Month is all about taking inspiration from another person who sews and communicates about it online. My first post this month was taking general style inspiration, from Shauni, and making a culottes jumpsuit. This one,... Continue Reading →
Hi there! So, following my previous post all about the Sallie jumpsuit, I thought I'd share my first version of the pattern with you; the maxi dress. I'd been wondering about a jersey maxi for a while as I've one from Oasis from a couple of years back which I always reach for to look... Continue Reading →
Hi all! So this post continues with my holiday makes but it's one that is a country mile outside of my normal comfort zone and I love it! You may have seen my post for the Sewcialists blog last month, telling you all about Tribute Month, which challenges you to make something inspired by (or... Continue Reading →
Today's make is a first for me. It had to happen sometime and this, it seems, is it; it's a Deer and Doe pattern that I don't love. I don't even like it very much. I should. I like the line drawings. I like the topstitching details. I like the big patch pockets and the... Continue Reading →
Hi there! Today's post is a quick break from my holiday makes because it's time for this month's Minerva Crafts Blogger Network make. My cousin's daughter Victoria got married last week and I decided to make a special frock for the do using my Minerva allowance. It needed to be special as, nearly 11 years... Continue Reading →
This is the point at which we move from virtual blog silence to holiday sewing overload. Apologies in advance to those who like their blog updates in a regular, evenly spaced stream: I'm afraid I just don't work like that! Today's update from sunny (33 degrees) Cyprus is, after all, the perfect summer top. You... Continue Reading →
It's been rather quiet on here of late. Since the madness of Sew Up North I've been inclined to sew rather than write and there's also been other, "real world" stuff going on which I may or may not go into another time. But not today. Today, I am on an aeroplane to Cyprus and,... Continue Reading →
I don't know about you, but it seems that every year now, I hit a stage of panic sewing around a month before my holidays. It always, always creeps up on me, together with the realisation that I cannot possibly complete my mental holiday wardrobe anything like in time. This week so far, in a... Continue Reading →
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