I got some blood red stretch bengaline on Saturday. I was umming and ahhing but then decided to buy 5m of the stuff. I do love a bit of beng...

Here's the other frock I was making while Heidi-ing. It's made of the Joel Dewberry Deer Valley fabric featured in an earlier post....

Moggy and I were making Heidis at the same time on the weekend, and had a virtual sew-along over the innernets. Fun! We used similar prin...

I finally got back into sewing this weekend - it felt fab. Why did it take me so long to get onto the Heidi bandwagon? She's a good qui...

I was going to make another Heidi today, but as we head into winter next week, I fancied making something I can wear in the next two or th...

I have some vintage fabric and I couldn't decide on a pattern for it. I think it's rayon, it's got that crispy acetate hand, an...

Thank you interweb friends, for your sympathy and your suggestions on how to fix this frock. I bit the bullet and took Lsaspacey's advic...

Yesterday's frock again. I took out the zip, and clawed back about a centimetre of ease by sewing it back in on a smaller seam allowance...

I have a wedding to attend later in the year, and was talking of my desire for turquoise silk to Ms Moggy. I put it out there, and before I...

I've just come back from four weeks in the USA (California, Arizona, New Mexico) and did very minimal stuff shopping - even though I did...

I went to the Sydney Vintage Clothing, Jewellery and Textiles Show last weekend. I managed to go on the opening Friday night, which I have...

A pittance is all I have to show you after all this time. A couple of weeks ago I started to make vintage Simplicity 6672 (sometimes called...