The Darwin cushion

Still home but the penicillin is finally kicking in so I'm feeling much better than I did at the start of the week, just tired and my throat is still a bit swollen but much more comfy. It's definitely an improvement on yesterday and Monday - I've even managed to stay awake all morning, unlike …

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Sorbetto hack #1, or the Buffalo hack

As you may remember from a post or so ago, I had a complete fail trying to draft a version of a summer top I had found on shopping trip. You may also remember that my recent polka dot Sorbetto from the weekend had been a bit of a minor success for me. Spurred on …

Swayback when…

Today was a disaster. A complete fail. After almost 4 years of not properly drafting a pattern (don't judge, no sew mojo remember?) I discovered today that I really need to read a few books before I start drafting from scratch. Yesterday morning I met up with an old work colleague for coffee and catch-up, and …

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 …

Treasure!

As promised, this post is about all my lovely new treasure from the Rag Market! I love buying fabric and planning all the things I'm going to do with my purchases. However my ever growing stash is pretty much begging me to stop... Thing is, I'm really quite good at buying fabric, I'm just not …

I have a blog now

Not really sure how this works - mostly just signed up for this so I can ramble for more than 140 characters at strangers on the internet...