Do you have something in your life that you have to do? Call it a passion. It runs like an unheard melody, playing through your day, and ensures everything else happens too. It feeds your soul. The rhythm that dovetails aspects of your existence together in an effortless way. When […]
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Evening with my Singer
And I’m sewing again. All thanks to a bit of machine oil, my vintage Singer sewing machine is singing again. This machine has been sitting in the attic. Budged up there by the purchase of a modern electric sewing machine, a few years back. No point the old girl taking […]
Read moreStash Busting Craft Year – 2017
I’ve been thinking. Fabric and yarn kind of thinking. As I scrolled through my photos from last year, it struck me that I’d probably bought more raw materials than I had actually turned into finished objects. I know there is fabric bought that’s not included in any of these photos […]
Read moreCurtains to Cloaks
I’m not sure what my Grandmother would say, but I’ve cut up her curtains. The ones she used to put up in her front room in the winter. I’ve also cut up an old maternity dress of mine. I’m not going to use it again. Why? Well I had requests […]
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