As Boy 4 has been insisting, “Make mine trackies. Make them now,” I’ve had the perfect excuse to do some sewing during the daytime when I am supposed to be playing with him or doing domestic stuff! I made him some dungarees a few weeks ago (you can…
It’s dress time again! Our friends Matt and Vicky are getting married in a couple of weeks and I needed to sort out something to wear. I hadn’t even thought about it unti the other night whenΒ Husband was getting bleary eyed staring at dozens of suits on the…
Sewing your own clothes is fab. I have been making stuff for myself since I was ten years old. The first thing I made was a skirt and I have not looked back. I love having something that nobody else has, in a style I like and in…
About 2 years ago I bought some green jersey to make a dress and last week I finally got round to making it. I’d decided not to bother with a pattern as I was planning on making something very simple and I already had an idea Β in my…
One of the things I love about my kindle is how I am no longer put off reading books because of their size. Some books at Β just to heavy to read in bed! Reading them on the kindle means that even an encyclopedia only weighs as much as…
Despite it having been quite warm the last couple of days, it is definitely time to shove the summer outfits to the back of the wardrobe and dig out the winter clobber. Unfortunately I’ve got rid of some stuff that didn’t fit, had holes in and whatever, so…