It’s nearly a brand new year so that means it’s time for a bit of reflection with the top 5 lists! Head on over to Gillian’s blog to grab a button and check out her suggested lists and proposal on why looking back on our projects is a helpful learning exercise. 1. The Anise jacket …
Sewing with Minerva Fabrics – New Look 6069
Recently Minerva Fabrics asked if I’d like to review some items from their site and I figured why the heck not. I have used the site before with good results but bad experiences elsewhere put me off Internet fabric shopping for a while. Minerva sent me a pattern (New Look 6069), the required fabric of …
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
I’m so happy to post about my new favourite dress! This is Simplicity 2444; the dress that every man and his dog has made. Well maybe not the dog. I used an amazingly buttery soft cotton lawn from Textile Express. I really recommend the company. Great prices, they’re very helpful, they send samples and the …
How was your weekend?
“So what did you do this weekend?” “Oh I went shopping in London with 50 strangers off the Internet and we took over a Lebenese restaurant. What did you do?” I want to say that this weekend’s meetup in London was so tremendous that I’m finding it hard to describe. I tried to summarise proceedings …
Birmingham Rag Market (aka how to spend your pay packet in one day)
I’ve already told a fib. My pay packet didn’t just disappear at the famous rag market in Birmingham but also at the Bull Ring shopping centre across the road. Now I wouldn’t say I live particularly close to Birmingham. The first time I ever went was for Marie and Kat‘s wonderful blogger meet up at …