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! …
Blogiversary Backstitch Giveaway!
That’s right, one year ago today I started blogging! It’s gone soooo quickly. I started so I could post about my participation in Me-Made-May. I barely had anything to wear and I was still figuring out how to manage a blog. I was pretty sure no one out there was reading. But here I am, …
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 …
MMM Day 28: Hello sunshine!
Wow the weather was so good recently. And I spent a lot of time away from my sewing table and my computer! I went out for a wander in town in this little number on Saturday. It’s one of the first things I ever made and I still love wearing it! It’s made from quilters …
My Mum is awesome!
Here’s why…. I went over for our weekly (usually ends up being a-lot-less-than-weekly) swimming session and she said, “I’ve got something for you!”. She passed me this little brown bag… As you can see it’s well padded and you can already get the feeling the contents are sewing related! Well I opened it up and …
MMM12: Days 4 and 5. WASABI!!!
Long weekend woooo! I wore my polka dot top to work Friday made from Butterick 5644 with a self drafted peter pan collar. I had a very productive day. No one was really in the office so no one really noticed/cared I was wearing my top. I was pleased with myself at least. Straight after work …