It’s Friday!! Lets raise a glass of something delicious to celebrate. I’m sure you’ve heard about the Vogue Patterns Cocktail Hour? I mentioned a while ago here! This is the latest charity sewalong from The McCall Pattern Company in partnership with The Eve Appeal. A portion of the sales from 20 selected patterns go to …
The Vintage Weekend at Lotherton Hall
Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend and hopefully some sewing time. On the 15th I had my birthday and planned a few treats throughout the week to help me celebrate. Last weekend involved afternoon tea served on a miniature picnic bench and a little bit of fizz. Sneak peek of my …
The Dressmaker’s Ball Simplicity 1606
A bit later than planned I wanted to share some pics from The Dressmaker’s Ball! In case you missed it this was the event that took place on May 14th at Leicester’s City Rooms. Organised by the fab team at Crafty Sew and Sew we were treated to an evening of dinner and dancing. It was fab!! …
Sewbrum 2016
Hello lovely ladies and gents I’m writing this post on my journey home from Birmingham after an epic day in the company of 100 stylish sewists. Last night involved lots of curry and champers as we celebrated our engagement with some close friends and like an idiot I stayed up later than expected. My bus was …
Beyond Measure open day
It’s been a busy busy week but it’s nice to be writing a blog post. It’s press week so I’m very manic and I keep forgetting to get up for glasses of water. Plus I’m testing a pattern for work because it’s got a fun design detail that I wanted to try out myself. Enough …
The Sewing Weekender
Hello everybody! Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post. I’m now on the hunt for amazing fabric suppliers in the UK and will write a little round up soon about my plans. I’ve just got back from a last minute holiday where I did a lot of plotting for how to share …