Happy New Year Everyone! I’ve been sorting my pattern and fabric collections, and making sewing plans for 2018. While sorting patterns, I started thinking about my favourite sewing pattern releases of 2017, and I thought it might be fun to share my personal favourites list. I’ve only sewn two of these so far, but I […]
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Before 2017 is out, a quick post about this year’s SewBrum meet-up! I’ve posted a short video of the day (and what I bought), which you can view here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCHtogDHmHk&w=560&h=315] The 2017 meet-up took place on Saturday 28th October. We started the day by taking over the John Lewis Cafe and visiting the haberdashery. From there, we visited
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Happy Christmas Eve! I’ve published a vlog with a little tour of my sewing room and fabric stash. You can see it here if you fancy a snoop around the house: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCfouGz-uI&w=560&h=315] I filmed it a few weeks ago while the house was (briefly) tidy and before any Christmas decorations were up. Have a
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This would have been my contribution for the Sewcialists TNT month, but I missed the month (November)! This is my ninth blogged Linden. I was listening to the Love to Sew podcast episode about sewing patterns recently (episode 17), and discussion of the pluses/minuses for PDF and printed patterns. For me, my use of the Linden
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I love a sewing-themed Christmas gift guide, but I thought it might be equally interesting to share some places you can currently donate/pledge to support sewing-themed campaigns. Four ways to show your support, and receive a little something in return too! ♥ Stitch in Time The Royal Shakespeare Company is currently raising money to restore and
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I do so love having unblogged garments to pack for a holiday! I made these Nina Lee Portobello Trousers a few weeks before heading off for a long weekend in Porto, but altered them the day we left. I spent the morning sewing and generally enjoying myself, so ended up getting dressed in all of ten
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I’m lucky to have been shortlisted for ‘Sewing Blog of the Year’ at the Immediate Media British Craft Award for the second year in a row. My lovely fellow bloggers shortlisted are as follows: https://thefoldline.com/ https://didyoumakethat.com/ http://www.makery.uk/ http://gingerthreadgirl.co.uk/ https://seekatesew.com/ http://houseofpinheiro.com/ http://www.astitchingodyssey.com/ http://www.thecraftypinup.co.uk/ http://www.handmadejane.co.uk/ Voting is open until Sunday 17th December, and you can vote in
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It’s taken a while for this dress to make it to the blog, since I made it to wear to The Dressmakers Ball, organised by the team at Crafty Sew & So, back in May. In time honoured fashion, I bought tickets to the ball as soon as they went on sale but left making my
Sign-up is now open for the SewBrum meet-up on Saturday 28th October: Sign Up Here! ♥ What? ♥ A (free-to-attend) meet-up of people who love to sew. Everyone is welcome, just sign-up using the form above/below to give us an idea of numbers. ♥ Itinerary ♥ The planned itinerary for Saturday 28th October is below. Attendees can feel
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Ahh, how satisfying to find time to write an actual blog post. A lot of bloggers will post after some time away to say that they haven’t found time to blog, but have been doing lots of sewing. Well, I haven’t been doing either! Over the last few months, my evenings and weekends have been