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 the year. The Hades jumpers […]
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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 in the collection but, due
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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 Marr’s autobiography arrived yesterday so
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 Yarnporium, a weekend yarn festival with
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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 would like to win a
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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 Cousette: Mahlia Kent:
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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 Château de Chantilly. I can
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On Thursday, I booked a day off work to visit The Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace. I made a little video of my favourite stands and what I bought, which you can view here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5wnelD8_Sk] I was there to help out on the stand of the Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners
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The 2016 SewBrum meet-up took place on Saturday 24th September. I’m not planning to publish a weekly vlog, but I am planning to publish one every so often when I have something to share. I filmed a little bit of footage during SewBrum which you can view below: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-iWte7c1_I] As in previous years, the
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I have an article included in the October issue of Seamwork, which was released yesterday. The article is a profile of the in-house costume department at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford-upon-Avon. The RSC is one of a small number of UK theatre companies with a dedicated costume department (others include the National Theatre, Royal Opera
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