Simplicity Blog meet 2015

Simplicity Pattern Company are holding their very first blog meet! I managed to get a place - who else is attending? On September 15th at the Good Housekeeping Institute in London, bloggers will be treated to a sewing workshop with May Martin (judge on the Great British Sewing Bee) as well as get a peek …

#sewphotohop Day 4: Work/play

#sewphotohop Day 4: Work/play. My current job is a job that I refer to as 'something that pays the bills'. It's not exactly my favourite, but one day I want to combine work and play and have a job I really enjoy. I love travel and sewing and in an ideal world I'd like to …

New projects

Just a few updates today - no project currently on the go but several in the works! First up, the Belcarra blouse from Sewaholic! I finally bought my 'medicinal' pattern (woo! No more tonsillitis!) from Trixie Lixie and I'm going to start this tomorrow night. I have this great floral fabric that I picked up at the Knitting …

Accidental Indie patterns

During Saturdays excursion up north to Birmingham and Moseley, Mum and I both purchased hard copy versions of 2 patterns from 2 great independent pattern companies. Mum bought the 1940's Tea Dress pattern by Sew Over It. I have seen this pattern before several times, although I have not yet seen it made up. However a …