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Daydreaming my way Through March & into April

Hello? Anyone still out there? I feel as if I am coming out from hibernation! Spring in the UK this year has been so slow to arrive, and Winter so reluctant to leave, but there is rain and sun...

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Show us your Stash…. Lizzy!

It’s Wednesday – again – which means time for another instalment of Stash Reveals! The lovely Ginger from GingerMakes kindly showed Kat the extent of her fabric collections over the weekend. I love...

Feb 20, 2013 Like

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A Septuagenarian Updated

I don’t blame you if you have difficulty pronouncing that! Rochelle from Lucky Lucille has been hosting a 1940′s sewalong this month. The vintage look has been around for a while, but not something...

Feb 17, 2013 Like

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Show us your Stash…. Rachel!

One more brave blogger has held up her hand and admitted stashing. Rachel from House of Pinheiro has graciously answered Kat & my questions about her stashing habits, and sent us some lovely photos...

Feb 13, 2013 Like

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A Tale of Two Skirts

Better late than never, right? These are two skirts I ran up after New Year for Daughter No1. They both use up fabric from my stash, score! Straight skirt One very simply cut from the straight...

Feb 11, 2013 Like

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Show us your Stash……. Anne!

In our ongoing investigation into the sewist’s tendency to hoard fabrics, patterns and shiny, pretty things, I can now reveal what goes on in Anne‘s fabric room – yes, you read that right, she has...

Feb 7, 2013 Like

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Show us Your Stash….. Kat!

The stash swapping party seems to have go off to a very good start over the weekend, it’s been great to see some of the lovely things up for grabs on Pinterest and blog posts. A reminder that you...

Feb 4, 2013 Like

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The Stash I need to Swap

After going through my boxes, bags, drawers and hidey-holes, I have grudgingly put together the following to swap in the great stash swap party… There are also a heap of patterns, please check out...

Feb 2, 2013 Like

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Join the Party!

Fabrics. Patterns. Buttons. Ribbons. Boxes, drawers, cupboards and bags full of lovely things. That’s what is hiding in my sewing space. Some aren’t doing a terribly good job at being discrete....

Feb 2, 2013 Like

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Swap Your Stash!!

Welcome to the Swap Your Stash party! Want to join in? We’d love to have you! Here are the guidelines on how to take part. We’ve designed them so that everything runs nice and smoothly and awesome...

Feb 2, 2013 Like

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How can it be February already?

Where does the time go?? January has been a blast, so many new things! Resolutions are still going strong, I wonder how long they will all last! I decided 2013 would be the year of “Do something...

Feb 1, 2013 Like

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Resolutions etc.

New Year’s resolutions are all over the place, stash-busting, sewing for pleasure, sewing more, etc, etc. But what if you aren’t all that enamoured with some of what’s in your fabric stash? What if...

Jan 30, 2013 Like

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A Giraffe’s Tail – The Long & the Short of it.

So suave in her new jacket I need to warn you all, this is a photo heavy post! Phew, I have had such a blast sewing this month! Jungle January has been a real hit, with sewing bloggers all around...

Jan 25, 2013 Like

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Giraffe in the Jungle!

Whoop! The postie really suprised me this afternoon by delivering not only the lavender I ordered last weekend and a letter excusing me from jury service, but the long awaited fabric samples from...

Jan 12, 2013 Like

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While I am waiting…

It seems Royal Mail had plans for me. The sample order for the giraffe print was sent off to Ditto Fabrics last Thursday, first class. Ditto got it yesterday! They have popped the samples all in...

Jan 11, 2013 Like

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“Distractions”, or “The best laid plans…”

So, Jungle January. See how quickly the “plan” I had laid down last year in late November has derailed. I was going to make the spotty silk, then the duck egg corduroy, then the grey herringbone...

Jan 3, 2013 Like

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Jungle January!!!

Well here it is, January 2013. Some said we wouldn’t make it to Christmas, but what did the Mayans know?? Happy New Year everybody! I guess I should be listing my “new” resolutions, going over the...

Jan 1, 2013 Like

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. I love looking through the stats for the year, makes for interesting reading! Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were...

Dec 31, 2012 Like

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Miracle

A double Christmas present, the fabric was a gift a few years ago! Well now, would you look at this. I have actually made two of the items I had planned to do lately.. This from someone who doesn’t...

Dec 21, 2012 Like

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Blog Awards – Thanks and Apologies!

I have been bad. In the summer I recieved 2 blog awards and fully intended to acknowledge them properly etc, but somehow just didn’t get round to it. I have been shamed by my nomination by Ooobop...

Dec 13, 2012 Like

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Pattern Magic Magic!

Well now, here is one pattern I will definitely be using again! And with 4 different looks available from just 4 different facings, I am going to have a field day! This top is fabulous! This is the...

Dec 6, 2012 Like

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Excuses, excuses!

A week has passed, and there hasn’t been much whirring of the old sewing machine. This is silly season for gift shops and the like, so the demand to keep stock levels up is pretty high. So in the...

Nov 30, 2012 Like

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This is the Life!

Whoop, I’m on a roll with the sewing stuff! I love it, nothing better than spending hours all day with the music on and the sewing machine whirring. So what am I up to now.. well, now that you ask....

Nov 24, 2012 Like

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Know You Better – with photos!

All done! Photographing projects in this weather is not easy! I waited for daughter No2 to come home from school to do pics, but it was way to dark by then. We did take some photos indoors, but the...

Nov 21, 2012 Like

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Know You Better

And now for my next trick.. Hang on, “where’s the jacket??” you ask. Well. It’s not Autumn anymore, is it? I took too long in getting started, especially after the comments on the last post...

Nov 20, 2012 Like

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Autumn Leaves Jacket

After a flurry of finished projects, and some tidying up of my “fix-it” pile, I’m ready to get going with my leaf print jacket. Maybe. I had these two sketches in my sketchbook, either would work...

Oct 26, 2012 Like

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Silver Lining takes on a darker edge

Another project finished! I have had this beautiful blue/black silk devore for some time now. I bought it from Rosenberg & Sons when they used to come up to Solihull with all their temptations....

Oct 24, 2012 Like

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Muse Marathon

Let’s get it out in the open. Second to my fabric obsession, I love music. This week I have made a few new purchases from Amazon – God bless downloads! I have christened my latest two projects with...

Oct 20, 2012 Like

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Cheating

I have a fabric confession to make. I need more of the stuff like I need a hole in the head, but that never seems to stop me acquiring more. On Sunday I accompanied a friend to Fred Winter‘s in...

Oct 19, 2012 Like

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Mercury - Handmade Fashion

Daydreaming my way Through March & into April

Show us your Stash…. Lizzy!

A Septuagenarian Updated

Show us your Stash…. Rachel!

A Tale of Two Skirts

Show us your Stash……. Anne!

Show us Your Stash….. Kat!

The Stash I need to Swap

Join the Party!

Swap Your Stash!!

How can it be February already?

Resolutions etc.

A Giraffe’s Tail – The Long & the Short of it.

Giraffe in the Jungle!

While I am waiting…

“Distractions”, or “The best laid plans…”

Jungle January!!!

2012 in review

Miracle

Blog Awards – Thanks and Apologies!

Pattern Magic Magic!

Excuses, excuses!

This is the Life!

Know You Better – with photos!

Know You Better

Autumn Leaves Jacket

Silver Lining takes on a darker edge

Muse Marathon

Cheating

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