In the 1st post in this series, I talked about hierophany, the idea of markers in the landscape holding significance for both individuals and the local community, and what that might mean for us as creative people. In the second post, I wrote a little bit about using…
If you’ve missed the previous posts in the Sewing With Knits series, you can find them here. Once you’ve started to think about the fabric you’d like to use, the next step is finding a pattern. Stretch knits are great for tops and comfy dresses. You can make…
With the Great British Sewing Bee back on the television, I thought I’d revisit the wrist pincushion tutorial I wrote back in 2016. I still have the original pincushion, and I often use it when I’m sewing. We are who we are, and I still lose my pins…
Lots of us have an uneasy relationship with throwing things away. We all know that we need to try to generate less waste. Fast fashion is an environmental nightmare, supermarkets still sell pasta in plastic bags that can’t be recycled, we have electronics we no longer use and…
In the last post I wrote in this series about landscape and creativity, one of the things I mentioned was how we can use our creativity as a way of exploring and expressing our connections with the landscape. One way is to use plant material found in the…
With warmer weather hopefully imminent, one of the things on my list of things to make was a waterproof picnic blanket. It’s lovely to be out in the fresh air and the sunshine, but sometimes you have to sit down, and there isn’t always a bench. I’m also…