I made this frock last year, but I never wore it. I think it was the huuuuge collar. It was too much for me. So I gave it to my friend S,...

I had other play with the embroidery machine today. I found some sweet free designs on the net - the swallow from Skully on SewForum.com, a...

Here is my first go at the new embroidery machine (well, I did stitch out a one-colour word first, but that isn't very exciting, ergo t...

Recently I have added a few of extra sewing / pattern cutting books to the collection, to wit: Donald McCunn How to make sewing patterns (f...

I'm off to Sydney this weekend to join Kitty for an excursion to the Sydney Vintage Show , so of course I had to make a new frock. This ...

This is an 'inspired by' frock. I saw a similar frock at H&M when I was in Los Angeles. (I won't link to the H&M websi...

I haven't been sewing lately, because I've been here: I bought a few pieces of fabric: one yard of 'midcentury modern' quilt...

I feel like I haven't sewn for yonks. Last weekend I had a cold so I did the old sitting about doing nothing thing. This week I had a sp...

So I have mostly finished the hoodie, except for the buttons and snaps: ...but I got a bit distracted this weekend when I decided the hoodie...

I haven't done any sewing, unless you count sewing up a certain knitted hoodie (which I haven't finished sewing up by the way. I bl...

I haven't done any sewing lately, because I have been knitting this: It's ChildHood , from Knitty. E's first birthday is in earl...

No, not me, how could I possibly dress any better (quiet there in the back row!). I've been thinking about a bedroom makeover lately. No...