Hello! Me again! Just for once I have ten minutes to throw a blog post together very shortly after completing a make: the children are at gymnastics and the house is in such a state that I don't know where to start. So I'm not going to; instead I've nipped out into the sunshine, grabbed... Continue Reading →
Hello! How's your week going? Things have been hectic round here but sewing and also shopping has been happening too! A little while ago, the lovely Clarinda Kaleidoscope put an open invitation on Instagram for people to join her at the Spring Knitting and Stitching Show at Olympia. I had a quick look at the cost of... Continue Reading →
Hello there! See, I'm back again already - I told you I had some things ready to blog if I could just find time for photos! This make is another repeat make (have you noticed how often I do that? I really should make more effort to get the thing right the first time!) This... Continue Reading →
Hi there! Hope things are going well for you? Things have been quiet around here, largely as I've been told to relax and stay quiet to get over a nasty chest infection. This has meant some sewing time I wasn't expecting but also very sloooooow sewing as I have just not had the concentration. But... 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 →
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