A couple of pictures taken a few weeks ago in our local park. I don’t think I’ve ever shared any pictures of this matching Hello Kitty (Grainline Studio) set being worn together. Back in 2023, we visited Japan and I bought a Hello Kitty quilted fabric from Tomato to make a Grainline Tamarack jacket. I […]
I’ve been writing an end-of-year post summarising what I’ve gotten up to and any reflections since at least 2014, shortly after I started blogging. I really enjoy having a little reminisce, and having the posts to look back at, so am doing the same this year despite it being February already! A holiday normally spurs
I finished a new angel for the top of our Christmas tree on the 03rd of January. I knew I wanted to make a new angel this year, but with one thing and another it took me a while to get around to making him. He’s roughly based on two images of angels I photographed
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I’ve been meaning to make a Cocowawa Crafts Honeycomb Dress since the pattern was originally released in, I think, 2018. Over the course of this year, I’ve had a good sort and weed of my fabric stash (which is now restricted to two tubs), and also of my digital and paper pattern stashes. It’s had
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This is my second Named Clothing Kielo Wrap Dress. I’ve worn the first Kielo dress I made (back in 2019) regularly, and I thought a second Kielo would be a good addition to my wardrobe. Like my first Kielo, this one is made in a woven fabric. I think the pattern instructions originally suggested that
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I bought two metres of pointelle knit fabric (one metre in pink and one metre in green) from the Higgs & Higgs stand at a sewing show back in 2017, with the intention of making a polo shirt. The fabric has sat in my stash ever since, but I pulled it out recently when rationalising
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I started this Barberry Jacket around four years ago, while developing the pattern. I had almost finished it – it was just missing buttons, buttonholes and the lining hem needed securing – and then I left it hanging uncompleted for the next four years. In a recent fit of finishing UFOs and wardrobe tidying, I
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Birmingham Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers holds a dyeing day every other year. It’s hosted by one of our members, Sarah, who prepares a selection of different natural dyes which are bubbling away in pots in her garden through the day. As an attendee, you just need to bring along prepared fibre, yarn or
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When we booked to travel to New York by ship, earlier this year, I knew I needed to sew a sailor top. I already had this fabric in my stash, and when I started looking at possible patterns, I realised that I already had the perfect pattern – I Am Patterns’ Osiris top. I even
The 2023 SewBrum meet-up was the tenth time the event has taken place, so I decided to make it a special one. The whole event took place in Moseley Village, home to Guthrie & Ghani, and I rented a second venue, Moseley Exchange, to give us more space. Across the two venues, we hosted social
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