This post contains affiliate links. Although autumn is my favourite season, spring comes a close second. Springtime is like the earth waking up from a long sleep. I love spotting buds and snowdrops while it’s still winter. It’s like the earth knows, even though we can’t see it…
In some ways this seems like a better post for January, or perhaps September, as those are tines of the year when lots of people are thinking about goal setting. But I’m sure I’m not the only person who has set goals when it’s not the 1st January…
I often make dresses with circle skirts, but this time I wanted to make something different. Sewing a dress with princess seams means that you don’t have a separate bodice and skirt, and no darts. The princess seams mean that you can make a dress that’s perfectly fitted…
When you buy a new sewing machine and get it out the box, one of the things you’ll probably notice straight away is that there are an awful lot of buttons, little knobs and hooky things. So the first job is to find out what they all do…
This post contains affiliate links. At this time of year, when the trees are waking up and there’s blossom and green shoots appearing, I realise that I am bored of winter. I actually quite like winter. I like being tucked up in my funny old house with the…
One of the reasons for the lack of big sewing projects at the moment is that I have a deadline looming. 2 years ago I decided to embark on a foundation course in textiles with the OCA. This was possibly not one of the best ideas I’ve ever…