This is the first in a blog series I’m planning exploring the history of textile and related industries in British cities. It’s something I enjoy researching, and I hope you’ll enjoy the blog series. For this first post, I’m writing about my home city, Birmingham. If you can add anything …
British Textile History: Birmingham – Leather, Buttons & Thimbles Read More »
Having decided that I wasn’t going to make Tilly and the Buttons’ Francoise in time for the #SewingFrancoise contest, I cracked at the last minute and whipped this up over Saturday night and Sunday morning; just in time to wear to my brother’s engagement party on Sunday afternoon. I snuck out …
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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 …