[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] It’s been a super long time in the hatching stage and we have come up against more problems than we needed but I am back to writing my sewing book and I am more than excited. It’s been hard to find the right angle, I […]

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 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 […]

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 […]