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
I finally blogged a few thoughts on, and photos from, the The Sewing Weekender yesterday, but lots of attendees were much quicker. I really enjoyed reading/watching these and wanted to share. Enjoy! Blog Posts ♥ Ann at SewWatts. ♥ Beth at The Purple Stitcher. ♥ Elena at Randomly Happy blogged about using mindfulness to blog with more joy, following her talk on the subject
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The second Sewing Weekender, sewing holiday, took place at the start of August. As is always the way with organising events, when we started planning it seemed ages away, but it was here before we knew it and over in a flash. Kate, Rachel & I arrived at our venue, Murray Edwards College in Cambridge, on Friday
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The Sewing Weekender took place in Cambridge this weekend! After lots of planning and waiting it was, of course, over in a flash. I’m now home again, with a cup of tea in hand, and I thought I’d share a little reveal of the goodie bags. On Saturday morning, attendees arrived to find a The
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