Fabric shopping in Aachen

As some of you may have seen I recently spent a few days in a small city in Germany called Aachen (or Aix-La-Chapelle, if you're French). Situated less that 5km from the Dutch border and almost as close to the Belgian border, this little medieval city is an interesting and pretty place to spend a …

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#bpsewvember Day 15 – Heirloom

#bpsewvember Day 15 - Heirloom. My great-grandmother was a seamstress but apart from a length of butter coloured cotton and some reels of threads I don't have anything that belonged to her. Instead I'm sharing this - an antique German tobacco tin filled with copper embroidery stencils. I picked them up in a market in …

A Lowlands fabric shop roundup

I'm back! I was away last week in The Netherlands and Germany, hence the radio silence but I'm home and getting back into the swing of real life, which means blogging again! Obviously being away from my sewing machine means no progress on any projects, so this post is just going to be a quick round …

#sewphotohop Day 30: Favourite era

#sewphotohop Day 30: Favourite era. Yes I know it's September but I'm in Germany eating shnitzels so I've got a little behind! Will post properly about my trip when I'm home. I love the glamour of the 1950's, but I never really wear anything that fits the era. Maybe one day I will be as …