It was the week that I went from fleeces and open fires to sleepless nights and the Summer-weight duvet. We seemed to have skipped Spring entirely this year which is a shame because it’s my favourite season. Oi, enough with weather already. What did this all mean for MMM’12? It has meant I wore my… Continue reading Two skirts are beating together, I’m in love yeah! Or MMM’12 Week 4
I had to smile at Kestrel Finds and Makes’ post about upside down prints, ‘cos that’s happened to me too. Just have a good shufty at that London-themed patchwork style print. Have I cut that the right way up? The buses are upside down but the tea cups are the right way up. S’funny… Continue reading Crafty Queue
Do you ever find that some makes are a long time coming? Perhaps they require thought and reflection or several major stages of development. Maybe they just involve many repeated motifs that if you did them in one go would give you a nasty repetitive strain injury. Anyone else ever thought that they might have… Continue reading Jumping the Crafty Queue – MMM’12 Week 3
Hello there. The sun came out, the light was bright, I stepped out of the black and into some shorts. If only at bedtime. Bit of a mixed week for me. I had no idea just how much the weather influences what I sew and wear. This week I had some great successes: I re-worked… Continue reading Success and failure – MMM’12- Week 2
Well, three scarves. Well, three scarves and some dresses. Well… No, let’s stop there. Greetings my dears! I don’t know about you, but I feel as though I haven’t started MMM’12 as strongly as I would have liked. I blame it on the weather. I hate to moan about meteorology in that way we British… Continue reading A tale of two scarves – MMM’12 – Week 1
Idea for scraps of fabric Number Two: Tubular Belles (Even worse? I certainly thought so!) Necessity being the mother of invention I thought that perhaps it might be wise to have some me-made jewellery to help me through MMM12. In Southern England it has after all been the wettest April in over 100 years, my… Continue reading tubes and strips – part two
Nope, not the name of a dodgy new night club… something that I found myself doing yesterday instead of finishing any of the things in my crafty queue. Feels so naughty, like watching telly instead of revising. Anyhoo, since re-discovering my passion for sewing I’ve been pondering what I can usefully do with the piles… Continue reading tubes and strips – part one
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