The latest vlog is up with a review of a lovely new children’s clothing sewing book, The Fox, the Bear and the Bunny, from Olive & Vince. The patterns in the book make up a full wardrobe of children’s clothing (for ages 1-5), with a good number of gender-neutral patterns. […]
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This is my latest Linden Sweatshirt (number seven blogged). It’s View A, Size 0 – although in this fabric I should probably have sized up to a 2 as it has limited stretch. The original inspiration for this jumper were the excellent British wool band jumpers which Hades released earlier in
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I’m currently on holiday in Istanbul, hence the backdrop of Hagia Sophia in these photos. Before heading off on holiday, I was thrilled to be involved in testing the new Winter 2016 pattern collection by Sally (of both Capital Chic Patterns and Charity Shop Chic). I love all of the patterns
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Recently, I spent a weekend in London for a friend’s birthday and to visit new yarn show, Yarnporium. I spent a couple of hours in the Yarnporium marketplace, while Phil did his own thing. Footage of the marketplace, plus chatter about what I bought (spoiler, I have a lot of
It’s been a super busy week! Admittedly, that’s how I like them – if there’s a gap in my week I’ll soon find a way to fill it. I’m off to London tomorrow morning for a friend’s birthday, followed by a trip to Yarnporium on Sunday. A copy of Johnny
https://englishgirlathome.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/bca-large.jpg I heard today that I have been nominated for Sewing Blog of the Year in the 2017 British Craft Awards, ‘Sewing’ category! My blog has never been shortlisted for anything similar before, so it’s very nice to be included and there are some great blogs in the list. Voting is now
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https://englishgirlathome.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/yarnp2.jpg The Yarn in the City podcast is a favourite of mine. Yarn in the City’s Rachel and Allison organise the annual Great London Yarn Crawl – I haven’t made it along yet, but I follow along on the podcast & it always sounds great fun. Rachel and Allison also organise
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The first book by sewing blogger and Great British Sewing Bee 2015 winner Matt Chapple, Make It, Own It, Love It, was released last week. My latest vlog contains a look inside the book. Check it out here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsSbT20ZhFU] I have two copies of the book to giveaway! If you
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While on holiday in Paris during September, I recorded some video of the fabric shops we visited, as well as some of the sights. You can watch the vlog on my YouTube channel: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMx6140aG08] A few photos of the shops are below: Maison Cousu: Anna Ka Bazaar: Brin de
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Back in September, Phil and I spent a short week visiting Paris. We visit once a year (we stay in a caravan park in Maisons-Lafitte, so it’s quite a cheap break), and we always try to do a day trip outside Paris. This year we visited Chantilly – in particular, the
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