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The Sewing Weekender Attendee Blog Posts & Vlogs

Following my own wrap-up post about The Sewing Weekender, I wanted to share the vlogs and blog posts published by attendees. I really enjoyed watching the footage, and seeing everyone’s photos and thoughts. Enjoy! ♥ Vlogs ♥ [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76eX1IPUsu0] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OOZqp8jaFE] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMCN4Igb-sI] ♥ Blog Posts ♥ Jen at The Gingerthread Girl Melissa […]

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The Sewing Weekender Wrap-Up

We (Kate, Rachel & I) first began plotting The Sewing Weekender at the end of April, and last weekend our UK sewing holiday took place at Murray Edwards College in Cambridge. There were 59 of us in total (50 attendees, plus 9 organisers/prefects/speakers), over 25 sewing machines (as quite a

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V2401 for the Big Vintage Sew-along

I’m very excited to be sharing my contribution to the Big Vintage Sew-along blogger tour today. Are you taking part? McCall’s have selected twenty McCall’s/Vogue/Butterick vintage patterns, and are donating money from the sale of those patterns to The Eve Appeal gynaecological cancer charity. There’s also a series of events taking

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Mustard Crepe Lou Lou Dress

I haven’t had much time to sew or to blog lately. What I have been doing is plenty of knitting and podcast-listening, since I can do those on my daily commute. I’ve also had a lovely movie-watching evening today, and have managed to squeeze in four films – I’m considering

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Aime Comme Magellan

It’s a lovely (rare) sunny day in the UK so I’m sat in the garden blogging. That makes it easier to share these photos from a recent weekend break in Amsterdam, without wishing myself back there! These photos were taken in the gardens surrounding the Rijksmuseum, which are free to visit.

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Half Metre Tops

I’m not normally someone who manages to squeeze projects out of small pieces of fabric. In fact, I normally always buy ‘safe’ amounts of both fabric and yarn, and end up with some left sat in my stash once the planned project is completed. However, lately I’ve started a few knitting

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SewBrum 2016 Sign-Up

Sign-up is now open for the SewBrum meet-up on Saturday 24th September: Sign Up Here! ♥ What? ♥ A (free-to-attend) meet-up of people who love to sew. Everyone is welcome, no need to be a blogger, just sign-up using the form above/below so we know to expect you. ♥ Itinerary ♥ The planned

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Supporting Independent Businesses / Ernest Wright & Son Kickstarter Campaign

Given the referendum results, I think those of us in Britain currently feel awkward posting anything which sounds like it celebrates Britain. In the wake of an isolationist result, we don’t want to look insular or nationalistic. However, regardless of UK and international politics, it’s important that we celebrate and support

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