Dear Sewsan, I sometimes wonder if the choices that I make are a little unusual. Not many other people seem to make the things that I do. I worry that I’m not doing sewing properly. Do other people do the same things as my machine and me? Take this latest sewalong sundress. It a bit different… Continue reading Is this normal?
Dear Sewsan, I’m worried and I don’t know who to turn to for advice. I met this fabulous pattern whilst on a short break to the Jurassic Coast. Have you been? It’s breathtaking there, we stayed close to West Bay – where Broadchurch was filmed – you know, Olivia Colman and David Tennant? Anyway, there… Continue reading Can this be anything other than a holiday romance?
Did I do it? Of course I did it. I mean, I set myself an extraordinarily generous timescale. Seventeen sleeps, hah! It was finished with, well, about a day to spare. McCall’s 5881 in ‘Lilo Swimmers’ from Stone Fabrics, currently in their summer sale. McCall’s 5881, which I am astonished to find having just this… Continue reading Your destination has been reached #SundressSew15
Afternoon All. How are you today? Well I trust? I’m very well thank you so very much for asking. Seventeen sleeps until the school holidays, not that we’re counting or anything. June, hey? Crazy busy in this household. I mean I know that we’re all busy but, well, here’s a snapshot of the itinerary: My… Continue reading Possibility and Destination
Felicitations fellow fabric fans. How are things with you today? Things are tickety-boo in our tiny township, the sky has been blue and the step count has been high. Good news because I’m part of a Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) team and step counts count. Go Library Academicals! Yea-s… and back to the clothes. As I’ve… Continue reading Things from other things
‘Allo there, how you diddling? I’m diddling fine thanks so very much for asking. It’s nearly the end of semester and that always feels like an achievement even when you’re not the one that is taking the exams. Would you like to see where I have got to with my hexagons? Definite growth. Now given… Continue reading Making Rules when there are No Rules
I’m on a quest and I think dear Reader that I will need your assistance. I’m looking for a pattern for the perfect sleeveless shell. I want a pattern that uses maybe a metre or a metre and a half of fabric. A pattern that can be used with my odd-shaped leftovers, my remnants and my… Continue reading In Search of a Sleeveless Shell – Diana Variation
Despite the perceived wisdom, research has shown that women are pretty good at navigating. They just have a different approach to men, often relying on landmarks. If I’m embarking on a journey that I undertake infrequently I certainly rely heavily on key physical features: The park, the petrol station, the shark in the rooftop. Not… Continue reading Stop Knitting at the Shark
Good Evening dear reader, may I ask you a question? Does making make you happy? Making makes me happy. So much so that I have quite a few things on the go here at Start-A-Project-Central. There’s a bit of knitting : It’s a scarf and it’s a bit longer than this now but I have… Continue reading Pockets for Pleasure
blue (greyhound), cadet, carbon, charcoal, cinereous, Davy’s, dim. Dolphin, dove, dun, elephant’s breath, eigengrau, fuscous, gainsboro, glaucous, granite, gray. Gris, gun-metal, iron, jet, lavender, lead, midnight, mouse, neutral, obsidian. Oil, oyster, Payne’s, pearl, petrel, platinum, puce, rocket metallic, salt and pepper, silver. Slate, smoke, Spanish, steel, stone, stormcloud, taupe, thunder, timberwolf, whale. That was Fifty Shades of Grey. ************** Salutations sewing siblings, are you here for a sewing story? Here I am this time last year looking rather eccentric (my children’s words) in Simplicity 3850 Mark Two, The Grey Flannel Version: My first attempt… Continue reading Ash, azure, battleship
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