Sewing & crafts classes & parties in East London
I’ve been super busy and then when I did think to breathe and blog again my WordPress app wouldn’t let me. I’m still not entirely sure what’s going on, it’s all way too technical for me, so I’m meeting with my friend Lisa next week who’s a techie whizz and who looks after my site […]
I ove my Ginger jeans pattern so much I am pretty evangelical about it. I use it to teach my jeans classes and have made myself my two favourite pairs of jeans from the pattern. There’s an awesome sew-along and now all the info from the sewalong has been put into an e-books. All the […]
When I first began teaching it was out of necessity, a way of making enough money to pay the mortgage. I had previously been making a living selling my makes at craft fairs which is not a good way to make a living! I mean it was fun but not financially rewarding at all. Teaching […]
I’ve been so busy and sometimes even just so busy in my mind and unable to get on with real life stuff that I’ve not done any sewing for me for ages. I’ve done the odd quilt block for the Farmers Wife quilt along but even with that I’m way behind. I’ve put my life […]
I fix a lot of sewing machines. Some are very poorly and need lots of TLC. But many aren’t actually broken at all, just not used properly. Let me just run through some basics which you should look out for and which I regularly see in my repair shop: Wrong bobbins being used. Not all […]
I realised that I once again bought more patterns than I made last year so some of these are being carried over into 2016. I kinda feel I’m a bit late to the table with my 2015 review and 2016 plans but hey ho, I’ve been busy with work and life so here we are. […]
Yes I know, lots of people are taking part in buy nothing Friday and I’m with you. I’m not running to PC world or Argos to buy tons of gadgets or plastic. My kids are once again getting books for Christmas 🙂 But we all need some cheap fabric and patterns in our life […]
Today I went on a little trip to the fabulous fashion and textiles museum (Zandra Rhodes’ baby) in Bermondsey, London. I love this museum. It’s pink and orange on the outside for starters! It’s small but perfectly formed and always has interesting exhibitions as well as a gorgeous little shop. They also have a […]
Along with making bras making jeans has been on my to sew list since last autumn. I bought two patterns and enrolled on a Craftsy class and bought denim and then ran out of making time. I finally made a pair of jeans a few months ago by butchering the pattern that was […]
I’ve always been drawn to Scotland and have had some lovely holidays there in the past. My partner is from Paisley, near Glasgow, and I’ve visited both quite a few times since we’ve been together. This summer it was a right Scottish bonanza with two holidays there! First I went to a cottage next to […]