As you may have guessed, I have just been to Hawaii for a week. It was a long old schlep to get there, but very much worth it for the…
I’m so pleased to finally share this dress with you. I think I offered enough teasers of it here, here and here to pretty much show the whole thing before…
Full disclosure – this post was completelyHannah’s idea and she’s running a whole series on organising your sewing space. In fact, the third instalment went live today and it’s well…
Look what I just found! I’m so touched and flattered that I wanted to share my excitement with you all! So just a short post before I jet off to…
The delightful Hannah of Made With Hugs and Kisses is currently hosting an awesome sewing series all about keeping your sewing space organised…and she asked me to take part !!!…
I’ve been meaning to do this post for a while. Partly because I hope it might help other people get a nice finish on their garments, but also because I…
Here’s to sharing projects which are less favourable, as well as those dream makes. I have to admit that this skirt put me in a bit of a sewing funk.…
I would like to start this post by saying that I’m working on some new projects to show you all. Alas that’s only halfway true (ha ‘alas’ – I don’t…
Hello all, another update on where you can find my products. I’ve just set up a Folksy shop – it will be intriguing to find out how that compares to…
New jewellery for my Etsy Shop.
Yum yum – it was the Roath Bake off today and my very talented baker friend, Nicola, wanted to enter. Of course, as there was cake involved, I was happy…
Right, do you want the good news or the bad news first? I’ll start with the bad so that we can end on a happy note (clears throat) So basically…
Imagine waking up on a Friday morning, the sun is shining, it’s still the Easter holidays, later you will be going out to dinner for your birthday with some of…
An update on my last posted dress . Just because really. I wanted to show you how it now stays up on its own (more boning and taking it in),…
I had a bit of a disaster this week – I attempted to take in this dress and it went horribly wrong. It’s a shame because I love this dress,…
It’s very wet and windy in Wales at the moment (hands up if you’re shocked – nope, me neither!). We spent all day yesterday looking at houses so just wanted…
I have yet to begin making things solely with the intention to sell them. However I do have a number of items of which; a) I am proud of the…
Disclosure – I promise that this will be a much shorter, more simple post than the last one! So, I have tonsillitis today and although I feel absolutely fine, my…
Warning – picture heavy post alert! Wahoo, I’ve finally finished my dress for Julia Bobbin’s Mad Men Challenge. In the end I went for a sleeveless shirt dress in the…
It’s my life..it’s now or never..tra la la la la. Obviously it’s my life, but the fact that I’m breaking out in to song is down to the fact that…
Just like the rest of the UK, I’m fed up of the cold and the fact that it has decided to snow again in March. I needed to inject some…
First off – apologies for lack of posts these last couple of weeks. It’s been parents’ evening in school, my Dad’s 50th birthday and Mother’s Day…so whilst I haven’t got…
I haven’t been doing too much baking of late – knowing that I will be wearing swimwear in less than 3 months is putting me off too much ‘licking the…
My lovely Mum visited me over half term and, as she is currently into wirework (albeit in a FAR more advanced form than I am), we decided to make some…
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Hasn’t every sewer been green eyed at some point, reading blogs of sewing meet ups and gatherings. I know that I for one have tried to think of ways to…
Oh my gosh this dress actually got through to be one of the Burda Style Vintage Modern finalists. Eep so exciting – if anyone fancies checking my project out and…
Ah a nice simple project in a simple cotton, which doesn’t have a mind of it’s own (unlike that tricky chiffon!). This is the second project I made from the…
Last Sunday I was feeling a tad sorry for myself… I’m sure I had full blown man flu and couldn’t face actually cutting out fabric or sewing in my freezing…
I’m so proud of myself recently – I have been into at least 3 fabric/ haberdashery / second hand stores recently and (despite stroking and cooing over some beautiful fabrics…
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