November sewing plans

Late again! No excuses really, other than I've been getting back in to the swing of real life after an extraordinary October. I was away from home (and my sewing machine) for 4 weeks so no sewing was completed in October at all but now I'm home I feel quite motivated to sew! This month …

August sewing plans

Another month has flown by but July was a surprisingly productive month! Maybe planning a lot of things is the key trick to help me be more productive? I guess I will have to try it again and see! Not for this month though, we're almost halfway though already! As always this post is a …

Another Liberty Linden

Most people who have made the Linden sweatshirt from Grainline Studio absolutely love it and I have to admit I am one of those people. You may remember from my previous version that I had a little trouble picking a size but I'm glad I took the time to do this then as this pattern …

November sewing plans

Another month gone, so time to make more plans! After a month of ‘no plan, no pressure’ sewing, I am ready to set myself some simple goals for November to ease me in to winter stitching and hopefully get my sewjo going again: Make a Grainline Studio Linden. I’ve already got the fabrics out to …

#sewphotohop Days 8 – 14

Day 8: Inside Out. I like a good neat seam finish. I used french seams for a recent make and remembered how nice they look inside! Day 9: Past Era. As someone who has lived in jeans for more than a decade, i don't have a particular favourite past era that I love to see. …

#sewphotohop Days 1 to 7

Hello! I'm taking part in #sewphotohop again this year. If you don't yet know what #sewphotohop is a photo challenge organised by Rachel from House of Pinheiro. You can check out the list of daily prompts here. Last year I did a post every day but this felt a bit like I was bombarding you …

#sewphotohop Day 11: Favourite tool

#sewphotohop Day 11: Favourite tool. This is my current favourite tool - a hem gauge! I bought it on a whim to make up enough to pay by card in a shop and I've used it so much since!