2021 – new year, new plans (again)

It's been more than a year since I last wrote a blog post 🤦🏼‍♀️ Let's face it in, in 2020 it wasn't like I was doing much else to be too busy to blog, but honestly, I just didn't want to write anything. I've made no secret of the fact that I struggle with my …

2020 – new year, new plans

In 2019, I made 8 things. 8. THINGS. And some of them I didn't even like! I lost all of my sewing mojo, right down to my fabric buying mojo (and we all know sewing and buying fabric are two very different hobbies...) I had great plans for 2019. I signed up to Sew My …

Me Made May 2019

It's that time of year again! This is the 10th year of Me Made May and I've enjoyed watching/reading how other people think and feel about their clothes, how they switch things up and use this month as a useful tool for wardrobe analysis to identify gaps that need filling. I didn't decide until this …

I’m still here…

...I'm just lost. I seem to have lost my way a little bit with blogging and social media in general. The constant onslaught of adverts on instagram, some weight gain, a lack of motivation to sew or blog anything, the continuous favouritism displayed in certain areas within the sewing community, the same pattern shapes being …

Sew My Style 2019 – Activewear

I've inadvertantly signed up to participate in the Sew My Style challenge for 2019. I didn't participate in 2018 as none of the patterns really suited my own style but this year is more idea based than a specific pattern. The theme for January is Activewear and as I was already planning on making some, …

January sewing plans

It's January! In 2019! I'm excited! All the exclamation points! Anyway, hello! It's a new year and I really enjoy the feeling of possibility that comes with a new year. I'm not going to launch in to a whole 'New Year New Me' speech because I probably will continue to be the same me I …

Sewing plans for Make Nine 2019

It's that time of year again! I love this time of year, it always feels like a new beginning (I mean, it literally is) but everyone becomes so motivated and keen to plan for the new year and it's a bit infectious. There have been a flurry of new sewing challenges in the last few …

Steeplechase leggings from Fehr Trade

I recently started going back to the gym. I haven't been for years and I'm still not sure I have any idea what I'm doing when I'm there but I figured now was probably the time to share some activewear I made... last year! I actually made these during the first day of the Fold …

December sewing plans

Real talk - I haven't sewn anything since September. SEPTEMBER. This is longest I've gone without sewing in several years and I simultaneously feel like I don't really mind that much and that I've lost a limb. It's weird. November was a bit odd as I had to re-adjust to normal life after 4 fantastic …

By Hand London Anna dress

You know when you have an event to go to but procrastinate for so long that you don't have anything to wear until the last minute? No? Just me then... Last year my cousin got married, and I needed something nice to wear for the occasion. I really was short on time and didn't really …