Last time, I reposted a tutorial I wrote back in 2015 for a skirt with godets. I have plans to develop this into something else, but first I wanted to have a go at remaking the skirt using the original instructions. The skirt I made back then is…
I originally posted this tutorial in 2015, so long ago now! The skirt was a success, although I should have finished the edges of the blue fabric with an overcasting stitch because it frayed quite badly. In the end, I wore the skirt for several years, until it…
The month of May usually brings some good things. It means longer days and nicer weather, and 2 bank holidays in a month! Living in the country, It’s about this time that I notice that everything has been growing! The verges and hedgerows are green and full of…
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about making fabric flowers with a Clover flower maker. In the post I said that I was intending to use the flowers to make a cushion. I’d made 3 flowers at that point, and I was planning on making a…
if you’ve missed the previous posts in this mini series, Making Friends With Your Sewing Machine, you can find them here. In this mini series, Making Friends With Your Sewing Machine, we’ve covered what all the different bits of the sewing machine are, including some of the feet,…
I started writing this post about a week before we left to go on holiday, in the hope that it would help me to make a decision about taking craft bits on holiday. It did, but I didn’t finish the post! I’m now back from the holiday, and…