Last weekend I had a stall at a craft fair for the first time, at Midlands Art Centre. I’m not used to having to make up so much stock, as I only make the items I sell on Etsy when I receive an order. I have a stall booked for a couple of Christmas craft fairs so […]
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Tomorrow I have a stall at a craft fair for the first time. It’s at the contemporary craft fair at Midland Art Centre, which is based in the lovely Cannon Hill Park. I’ve made up a number of the items I sell through my Etsy shop, but I thought I better expand my range to
On Wednesday, I was sat eating my lunch and thought I’d have a look on Facebook. Imagine my surprise on looking at the latest post from Colette Patterns to see myself (and in my pjs no less) listed in their 5 favourite makes for July from their Flickr group! Very exciting. It also happened to be
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Having found this great, quick pincushion tutorial on Nel Whatmore’s blog (thanks to Rachel at House of Pinheiro posting it on Facebook). I decided to have a go and ended up making four! I made these in some lovely fat quarts I had saved up for some small projects. The buttons were all purchased in Birmingham rag
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After a weekend in Brighton, I got to spend the next two weekends in Italy. I’m spoilt, I know! Me and Phil spent a week with my family staying in a house my parents had rented in Stresa on Lake Maggiore, followed by a long weekend in Milan. Unfortunately, I didn’t get time to make many
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Yippee I’ve finished another project, a blouse with collar from the Great British Sewing Bee book. It’s a simple design with no fastenings and a false-collar (e.g. it’s just attached at the front of the blouse). Keeping on a Sewing Bee theme, I made the blouse using a lovely Sevenberry printed cotton fabric which I
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I’m a little bit slow posting about last Saturday’s Birmingham sewing meet and have been put to shame by many fellow attendees who have already reported back, but, better late than never, here’s my version of events. I think I probably travelled the least distance of any attendee, having travelled about 15 minutes to arrive
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I made this dress from a 1940s Marian Martin sewing pattern (9049), bought on ebay, while I was still at University studying for my undergraduate degree (BA English as it happens). I love the large pockets on the skirt and the pleated bodice. I made version two with short sleeves. According to the envelope that was
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When I spotted the bean bag pictured below in the March issue of Cloth (taken from The Liberty Book of Home Sewing) I knew straight away that I needed to make one. Phil is fairly tall and he likes to stretch out & put his feet up when sat on the sofa. However, we have a
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Oh dear, yesterday evening I thought I’d make a start on a blouse with peter pan collar from The Great British Sewing Bee book. I’d cut the fabric pieces at the weekend so the first step was to put together the collar. It’s a false collar, just two front pieces which will be attached to
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