Last weekend was the Paris Sewcial / Paris Coud meet-up, organised by myself and Carmen Bouchard. Back in 2014, I attended a Paris meet-up organised by Carmen, and this January I decided it was time for another large meet-up in Paris. Carmen agreed to organise it with me and took on the tasks of arranging our meals, as […]
The SewBrum meet-up will be returning for a sixth year on Saturday 05th October 2019. SewBrum is a free-to-attend meet-up of people who love to sew in Birmingham, UK. Everyone is welcome. Sign-up is now open (to give us an idea of numbers): Sign Up Here As in previous years, we’ll start the day in
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Carmen and I are organising an international meet-up in Paris over the weekend of the 18th – 19th May 2019. On Saturday 18th, we’ll be touring Paris’ fabric shops and ending the day with a group dinner / drinks. On Sunday 19th, we’ll be starting the day with brunch, visiting the exhibition “Yves Saint Laurent: Dreams
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I was lucky enough to attend the Paris meet-up organised by Carmen back in 2014. Inspired by that event, Carmen and I have decided that it’s time for another Paris meet-up, so we’re organising one over the weekend of the 18-19 May 2019. We’ll be touring Paris’ fabric shops on Saturday 18th, with a to-be-confirmed activity
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Ahh, I love a good meet-up. I’ve just booked my train ticket to Leeds for Sew Up North this weekend, and before too long passes and the memory fades, I wanted to blog a few thoughts and a few photos from the Sewing Weekender. The third Sewing Weekender took place during August at Murray Edwards
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It’s already been two weeks since the Sewing Weekender. I’ve finally finished editing the photos, and will post some pictures and thoughts later this week, but lots of attendees were quicker than me. Links to the blog posts and vlogs I’ve spotted are below: Blog Posts ♥ Adelle at Button & Pip ♥ Ann at SewWatts ♥ Karen
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The SewBrum meet-up will be returning for a fifth year on Saturday 27 October! Sign-up is now open (to give us an idea of numbers to expect): Sign Up Here! There’s lots of information about the last four SewBrum events on the events page, including my wrap-up posts about the 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014 meet-ups! I really hope that
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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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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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Just a quick post to let you know that there will be a #SewBrum meet-up on Saturday 28th October 2017. As this will be the fourth year running (!) I’m planning a few tweaks, but as in previous years, the meet-up will start in Birmingham City Centre, before moving to Moseley Village to visit Guthrie & Ghani.
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