My sewing and crafting mojo left me. No notice. No “if you please”. It just went. For someone who plays fantasy sewing projects in her head when separated from her sewing room, this can be devastating. Imagine writer’s block, but with fabric. Fabric calls to you. Inspiring you to make […]
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Pyjamas worth waiting for
(snail crossing finishing line) When all said and done, my family are good sports. There is an understanding that when I offer to sew or knit them something, they won’t be able to call it truly theirs. Not until they’ve modelled said article for at least a hundred a few […]
Read morePyjamas – McCall’s 4244
Yesterday, the sun was streaming through my sewing room’s windows and for the first time this year, I felt the call to do a bit of dressmaking. My sewing room is the old wash house. We did it up a few years back, but it’s not the cosiest room, so […]
Read moreThe return of the VW Camper van shirt
Final Summer sewing completed, this weekend. Too late for this Summer, but I like to think I’m well ahead for next year. Any long term readers of my blog would be forgiven for thinking that this shirt seems slightly familiar. Mmm. It is. Back in 2013, I made a smaller […]
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