When you’re new to sewing, you usually start with cotton fabric, and for good reasons. As well as there being a huge range of colours and prints, it washes and wears well, and it’s easy to sew with. Cotton holds its shape and it’s not slinky, so it…
At the moment I have rather a lot of unfinished projects. There’s the flower dress I’ve started. Most of the bits are cut out, and I want to get them all cut out otherwise I’ll forget and then I’ll be an a hopeless muddle when I go back…
On Thursday 8th September, Her Majesty the Queen passed away peacefully at Balmoral. She had been Queen for 70 years, making her the UK’s longest reigning monarch. Her reign was even longer than that of Queen Victoria’s, which lasted for 63 years. Lots of people have been affected…
In some ways, September feels more like the beginning of a new year than January does. Lots of years of school and university, then being a teacher, and now having school aged children makes it hard to escape the squeaky new shoes feeling that September has. My older…
This post contains affiliate links. For those of you who have been following along for a while, it will probably come as no surprise if I tell you that my garden is a crazy mess. It’s a sunny little spot, and only the size of a postage stamp….
This post contains affiliate links. One of my youngest boy’s favourite things to do at the moment is to make tie dyed t shirts, and it’s easy to see why. As well as looking fabulous, at 9 years old he’s experiencing what those who are makers feel every…