You may remember that at the beginning of the year one of my goals was to reduce my stashes of both yarn and fabric. I’m ashamed to say that despite my best (but obviously feeble) efforts, both have gone in completely the wrong direction. I’m not quite sure how this happened, because I honestly have […]

You won’t believe this, but I actually won something… Last week I donated on Alissa’s blog to her fundraiser for women in the Congo. Alissa had some great giveaways from sponsors and those donating had a chance to win…and I did! A delightful package arrived today all the way from LA – a collection of […]

It’s finally bearable in my sewing room, so I’ve been playing around with the zigzags for the Just Swell pattern. I was merrily making coloured zigzags – and loving them – before I realized that actually for the pattern the zigzags are white and it’s the outside that’s coloured. Now I’ve done a little of […]

I finally spent and hour or two this morning cleaning out and sorting my office and sewing room – something I’m not at all wild about doing, but it’s lovely when it’s done. I’ve decided that what I really want and need is a pretty cover for my sewing machine. We seem to get a […]

Unfortunately due to my total inability to cope with the heatwave we’re currently suffering enjoying, levels of creativity here have dropped to an all-time low. My sewing room / office is in the roofspace of our home and right now its a million degrees up there. So sewing is on a break for a day […]