I was very excited to meet Nicki and Ute (plus all of the other lovely sewists who attended) during their recent visit to London, and to talk #oneyearoneoutfit in person. We visited Goldhawk Road, and only made it to a handful of shops because shopping as a group always takes ages (and …
Before our holiday to Copenhagen becomes a distant memory, I wanted to tell you about some great shops we found, and share a few favourite photos of the trip. Phil thought that he’d been conned, as our hotel happened to be located directly opposite a haberdashery (not planned in advance …
There’s not long now until the SewBrum meet-up taking place on Saturday 04th October. One of the stores we’ll be visiting on the day is Fancy Silk Store in Birmingham city centre. Fancy Silk Store is located right next to Birmingham rag market & has three floors of fabric, all of …
Me and Phil recently spent a week in Paris. I’ve been travelling quite a bit for work lately so it was lovely to travel for pleasure instead:) While there we visited some sites we hadn’t explored on our previous trips. Unsurprisingly Paris has a number of fashion museums, and we managed …
Phew! I’ve had a busy few weeks. Amongst other things I’ve travelled abroad for work, prepared stock for the two Christmas craft fair stalls I have booked, and am currently on holiday in Spain. The day before me and Phil left for our holiday was the first of the Christmas …
A couple of weeks ago me and Phil spent a weekend in Brighton. Phil’s dad has recently started running a hotel in Brighton so we got to stay for free (yippee!). Having not visited Brighton before we did the sights: Brighton Pavilion, the electric railway, the museum and art gallery, …
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(Our Paris Navigo travel cards) Me and Phil spent last week in Paris. While we were there gay marriage was legalised, with France becoming the 14th country to legalise gay marriage. It was only the second time we’d visited Paris, so there was lots we wanted to see. Amongst the …
One of the places me and Phil always visit when we’re in London is Carnaby Street. Although you probably already know Carnaby Street (make sure you check out Cha Cha Moon for lunch), you may not have found Kingly Court which is hidden behind Carnaby Street itself. All the shops …