I felt really inspired during a trip to Athens, earlier this year, and determined to print a fabric featuring some of the gold charms I’d admired in a number of museums. This fabric uses my photos of the charms (including octopuses, birds, an owl and a flower) edited onto a black background. The most difficult
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We’ve had an excellent leisurely Sunday. I started the day finishing a novel, followed by overcoming a frustrating bit of my current knitting project (Sandport Sweater by Ysolda Teague), while watching Slumber Party Massacre 2. This afternoon we went to see the new release of Hammer’s original Dracula film, with the sections removed by the
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This is one of two fabrics I bought during a visit to Japan in 2023. I went on holiday planning to buy some pre-quilted fabric, and chose a Hello Kitty print fabric which became a Tamarack jacket. While shopping, I spotted this Doraemon print waffle cotton fabric and decided to buy some with the intention
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I felt really inspired during a visit to Athens, back in May, and was determined to create something inspired by the clay animals and gold charms I admired in various museums, once I was back home. I thought the gold charms would work well as a fabric print. I created a design in Illustrator using
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This summer I decided to remake two of my favourite and most-worn garments, as the originals were looking a bit tired – and a bit tight. The first of the garments I remade was a Pilatus swimsuit, and the second was this pair of Closet Core Pietra Shorts, in a size 12. I loved my
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I really enjoy collecting small, low-value items (including Wedgewood Christmas thimbles and 90s edition Goosebumps novels). I’d started accumulating protest badges attending rallies and similar events and it inspired by to start a mini collection, with vintage badges, courtesy of ebay, added alongside the contemporary ones. This badge collection was just sitting in my jewellery
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Last year, I made two versions of the Maison Fauve Malibu Polo using some pointelle knit fabric which had been in my stash forever. The polo shirts got lots of wear last summer and I thought it would be good to actually follow the recommended fabric instructions and try the pattern in a woven fabric. My mom
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A couple of pictures taken a few weeks ago in our local park. I don’t think I’ve ever shared any pictures of this matching Hello Kitty (Grainline Studio) set being worn together. Back in 2023, we visited Japan and I bought a Hello Kitty quilted fabric from Tomato to make a Grainline Tamarack jacket. I
This is a Tilly and the Buttons Drew Sweatshirt made using fabric scraps I retrieved from our bin! The last time I had a big tidy of my fabric stash, around a year ago, I was determined to reduce it down to a couple of tubs of fabric lengths (stored in our bedroom), plus one
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I love getting the opportunity to try a new craft locally, so was excited when I spotted that rug tufting workshops are now available in the Jewellery Quarter via The Tufting Spot. We don’t have a lot of floor space, so I opted for a small rug, and my mom and nan treated me to