Renewing my Stashbusting Pledge for 2016
With a year of not making stuff behind me, my fabric stash has not diminished much (finding the positive, though, it’s not got any bigger either). The things I’ve completed just now have made a small...
View ArticleDay trip to London
The fabric swap last weekend was FAB fun! I decided to go up a bit early, and pay a visit to Goldhawk Road, ahead of the designated meeting time. While I knew there would be fabric a-plenty later in...
View ArticleStashwatch Update
On Monday it’s the Final of the Great British Sewing Bee for 2016, and I’ll be up in London, watching it with the lovely Ana of Cocowawa Crafts & Elena of Sew it with Love, and all the rest of the...
View ArticleStashwatch 2016 – How did I do?
To recap, my goals for 2016 were: – to catalogue the stash. ✔️ – to use 10 pieces of stash fabric, of which 5 would be used *up*. ✔️ – to fix/mend/refashion 10 items. ✖️ Only 4. – to not buy any new...
View Article#2017usenine
The insta-sphere is great for getting a load of New Year ideas and challenges. I’ve been seeing a lot of #2017makenine posts, inspired by Rochelle of Lucky Lucille with fantastic ideas of patterns and...
View ArticleMaking a Win out of a Fail
The Fail – adding to the stash I fell off the stash wagon at the weekend. I was supposed to not buy any new fabric until I’d used at least 6 pieces from my existing stash. But there was a sale at FC...
View ArticleStashwatch – Summer Check-in
My stashwatching this year has been very feast-and-famine! Months of self-restraint followed by indulgence days. Let’s look at the goals: 1. To catalogue my costume fabric stash and transfer suitable...
View Article2017 in Review
It’s that time of year, when we all look back and see how we did. 2017 proved to be my most productive year so far. I made a total of 22 items (6 dresses, 8 tops, 4 skirts, 1 coat, 2 scarves, a...
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