Im really excited to introduce my newest sponsor, Eclectic Maker, as they have some wonderfully unusual fabrics that, brought together in one place, instantly drew my mind back to my favourite book o...
A few months ago I stumbled across a photo of a dress named Chelsea and read that author and dress designer, Christine Haynes, was developing that dress as part of a new range of dressmakin...
A while ago I informally consulted various fashionistas and the unanimous answer to the question I posed to them was that Peter Pan collars should always meet in the middle and shouldnt be ...
Hello lovelies, its been longer between posts than Id intended due to our broadband hub losing the will to function, but order has finally been restored and Ive spent what in retrospect, from the pos...
When I was small I had a little denim pinafore dress with five fabric coloured pencils coming out from the bib pocket. The satin stitched pencil leads were so shiny and in such glossy, vibrant colour...
My love affair with upholstery fabrics began at quite a young age, when my mother chose richly patterned Laura Ashley and William Morris fabrics to decorate the house in which we lived when I wa...
As part of my challenge set by Nova to create a tutorial utilising scraps of Liberty fabric this month, Im sharing a pattern for how to make these fabric bookmarks. I dont th...
Its May, which means that its now my month to contribute a Liberty Scrap Challenge tutorial...so what better day to offer it up than May 1st! I am crediting Novas Libert...
As I was drying my hair this morning I was thinking about the way in which you might buy books as its something thats increasingly becoming a moral conundrum for me. I think the greatest potential lo...
Last Friday afternoon me and my daughter raced home with baking in mind having planned it that morning in a spare half hour before school began. The Primrose Bakery Book has become our...
If it feels like Ive been mentioning the second Negroni shirt Ive been working on for my husband for a very long time that would be because I have. Its not a pattern to rush through - partly bec...
Im so excited to introduce my newest sponsor, The Village Haberdashery, run by the lovely American-on-English-shores, Annie. Annie only opened her online shop this month, but, like me, you may alread...
A few posts ago, I wrote about Siblings Together, the charity that Lynne of Lilys Quilts is currently collecting quilts for. After checking with Lynne that a younger, more pictorial quilt would ...
Thank you so much for all your entries on the Colette Patterns giveaway in the last post - Im delighted to tell you that the random finger stopped at Melizza of Pincushion Treats who said I love how ...
Last week Sarai emailed me with a sneak preview of this seasons lovely new additions to the Colette Patterns range. You can find full details about all the patterns over on the Colette...
Weve had a very lovely four-day Easter break. It has involved reading stories, playing board games and watching films. And yes, eating chocolate. Even while sewing. In the evenings I began ...
Spring time marks the beginning of lighter evenings, a hungry anticipation of the Easter bunny scurrying through the garden (although Ive asked, and he still hasnt secured me my Guylian egg...
Several months ago Cico Books sent me a copy of Super Cute Felt for potential review (I love these surprise packages that land on my doorstep). I rarely work with felt though and at the time it ...
While covetable quilting fabric is available in abundance, finding beautiful dressmaking fabrics presents more of a challenge. Where quilting fabric generally comes in a standard weight and drap...
Id said in my last post that I had some lovely links to share with you, and several are full of Liberty goodness. Last week, Nova emailed me and asked if Id like to be involved in a Liberty Scrap Cha...
The reason for my absence hasnt actually been that Ive still been ruing all that I didnt know when making the What I Wish Id Known skirt, but that Ive spent the week on a pattern cutting course at th...
Last week I started work on this skirt by McCalls (pattern number: M6439) after happening upon it by chance and deciding that I needed one immediately. I love how the pleats come in from e...
You may remember that a few months ago I told you that Company magazine had written to tell me that Id been nominated for one of their Style Blogger 2012 Awards. It was a lovely surpri...
Yesterday was my 35th birthday. Its an odd age because it puts you at exactly the same distance from 40 as it does from being 30, so is perhaps more of a mental leap than some of the other 30-somethi...
These are the supplies Ive been gathering to make a pair of Clover trousers. Its odd though: when it comes to clothing I think that my main reference points seem to come from overseas throu...
On Friday afternoon, I texted this photo to my mother and sister with the caption: it was only when the blouse was almost finished that she realised the effect was more human flower than total fox. S...
I began working on an elephant project several few months ago and it ran away with itself and I ended up designing a whole quilt full of elephants for my lovely nephew. This pattern covers how t...
Today my small ones and I went to a ceramics studio with my mama. Its a few years since Ive painted any pottery and Id forgotten quite how much I love it. You might remember that not so long ago Laur...
Were I forced into a boasting corner and asked to list what my childs five most impressive skills were, thumb-printing would be the surprise, and slightly obscure, ...
Im so excited to introduce my newest sponsor to you, Shoe.ol.o.gy, because its a completely unique and inspiring business, run by Cheri and her husband. Cheri writes beautiful footwear...
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