Happy New Year everyone! I’ve just published a new vlog on my YouTube channel, featuring the Christmas swaps I took part in, presents I made, crafty gifts I received and my in-progress projects. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYBQs-X9kRE]
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I’ve just published a new vlog on my YouTube channel, featuring my favourite sewing and knitting related things for November, and my own current projects and plans. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrE50Wth2U0]
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I’ve just published a new vlog to my YouTube channel, featuring my favourite sewing and knitting related things for October, and my own current projects and plans. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWtV8KbRHXQ]
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I’ve just published a short vlog with some favourite sewing (and the odd knitting) related things I’ve spotted recently. All being well, I’m hoping to make it a regular series. I used to publish lists of some of my favourite finds on the blog, but the vlog seems an ideal way of sharing them. I’ve
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The Sewing Weekender will be returning for a third year! What:A sewing weekend break in Cambridge, UK When:Saturday 25th – Sunday 26th August 2018 Tickets will go on sale on the morning of Thursday 31st May at 7am (BST). Full information on The Fold Line: https://thefoldline.com/the-sewing-weekender/ I’ve finally vlogged about last year’s event, including clips of
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Over the Christmas holiday, I spent a day or two listing my fabric stash in the Cora app. My intention was to have an easy way to check the fabric I already own before assuming I need to buy new fabric for a project, and to have a way to record where and when I buy
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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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I’ve finally vlogged footage from a trip to Tokyo with Phil, back in April. My latest vlog contains a few clips from the holiday: sightseeing, plus fabric shopping in the Nippori Fabric District, and in Tokyo Hands. The vlog also features a few me-made garments which I wore regularly during the trip; my Doraemon Emery
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