Why oh why are there five weeks in May! At least we’re at the half way point. After a recent comment from Roisin I’ve upped my ridiculous expressions in my posing. It’s all for your entertainment. I found this week hard because a) the weather was absolutely rubbish b) I have fallen out of love …
Free class day from Craftsy!
Have you taken advantage of today’s free class day courtesy of Craftsy? I have! This offer is available for new members and those who have only ever taken free classes. So what are you waiting for?! http://www.craftsy.com/craftsyfreeclassday Choose from a selection of classes on sewing, knitting, crochet, cake decoration and metalwork! I chose the Sassy …
Me-Made-May 13 – week 2: its all about the polka dots baby!!
We’re in week two and it’s time for my polka dot challenge! I managed six days of me-made dots this week. It would have been seven if I’d conquered my half done Burda dress. Sigh…. Let’s check out the dots!! Self-drafted Elsie knock off dress worn for a stroll around the canal on Bank Hol …
Backstitch Giveaway: winner announcement!!
I’m so happy to be announcing this giveaway. I was amazed at the number of entries, 53 in total! And there is a good variety of ways people are following. It was selfish of me but I really wanted to know which platforms my blog is mostly being viewed on, and now I do! Without …
The Sweetheart Dress (oh don’t get all soppy on me)
Last week I showed you a dress I hadn’t blogged about but it went down quite well so I here are the details. I wanted to make the Colette Truffle bodice into my go-to dress bodice block as it was so close to being perfect on my Christmas party dress. I made a rub off …
Me-Made-May 13 – week 1
Well hello! May is upon us. And for everyone in Europe we had a bank holiday to kick things off too! I managed four out of five days in me-mades this week. I had agreed with myself a goal of six out of seven days in each week but hey, this was a short week! …