My Autumn/Winter sewing plans are coming along nicely…. Twinkle nearly done and other bits and pieces cut, traced etc. But I decided I needed a different creative outlet this weekend. BAKING! I love baking because I get to work out my stress and then I get a sweet reward at the end. I wanted to …
I’m currently working on one of my Winter sewing plans laid out in the last post. The BurdaStyle Twinkle skirt is offered for free on the Burda site as part of a collaboration with Whenlan Chia, to promote her line Twinkle By Whenlan and her book Twinkle Sews. For a free pattern this is quite a …
Anyone going to the craft swap at Fabric-ation Leeds on Sunday October 21st? Looks like a great opportunity to swap a variety of items. The details encourage bringing whatever you like; patterns, fabric, magazines, notions, fabric paint/dye, craft kits, etc! . I’m thinking of going because I might see something awesome but also because this …
Bunnies are awesome. I doubt you’re going to disagree with me but I’m going to say why anyway. I used to have a bunny called Honey. Yep that’s right, Honey Bunny. And I used to push him around in a replica of a silver cross pram. Only the best for my baby! (errr, I should …
Something unthinkable has happened… I’m not digging my fishy dress anymore. I still LOVE the fabric to death but I feel like I’m letting it down with how I’m using it. Is this a crisis of faith? I was too smug wasn’t I. Not posting pictures and dancing with glee about it. And now I …
This post starts and ends with Burda. First I want to shout “I bought a Burda Magazine”!! I finally got the courage up to buy one. I know it’s only £4.75 but I’ve never seen more than one pattern in there to make it worth buying and the lack of seam allowance/crap instructions scared me …