Ok so I haven’t officially given a pledge to Me Made May this year but I have had it in the back of my mind all month. I didn’t sign up as I knew it would be really awkward this year as the timing is just not easy. I didn’t get off the Pelican til the 6th of May, I… Read more »
So as it is now spring and the weather has started getting warmer I have started making hats. Which is obviously the most sensible thing to do. Some times I just need something to do to keep my hands busy and a hat is a good way to do that. First off I started out trying the divine pattern again… Read more »
Another wardrobe basic coming up. I am a big fan of layering, which isn’t always obvious from what you see me wearing but I am not a fan of the cold so have a habit of wearing thermals or extra tops under my clothes to keep me warm. I have a very large selection of scoop neck strappy tops for… Read more »
This recently Nikki and I took a trip to Fabric Land in Bournemouth to get some fabric for the Latin dresses, well that didn’t happen but I did come back with a big bag of new fabrics for me and here are some ideas of what I plan to sew with them (confession: some of these might already have… Read more »
I decided to make a cowl to match my headband. I have been wanting to make one in brioche stitch with a variegated yarn and see what happened, or even possibly two variegated yarns… I used King Cole, Merino Blend DK in Petrol (926), and James C Brett Marble Chunky MC52 I cast on 90 stitches in the plain blue… Read more »
Last week I didn’t have a very productive week, at least it didn’t feel like that, thank you to everyone who told me that they thought I had been productive. It made me think about what aims we set for ourself. Within the sewing/blogging community it can be very easy to see other people churning out garments one after another… Read more »
So in a few weeks (far too soon in fact) I will be performing in our annual Strictly show where I will be dancing the waltz with my ‘celebrity’, who up until Nov/Dec time had never danced before… my partner is shorter than me and so I am most likely going to end up wearing flats instead of heels for… Read more »
I over the years I have been working on getting a decent T-shirt pattern and have tried Sewaholic’s Renfrew top. It took me a while to get it to fit nicely. I ended up cutting two sizes smaller than I started with and doing an FBA, I also adjusted the size of the armscye as I always find this cuts… Read more »
Another Seamwork pattern that I have made multiple times is the Oslo cardigan, unfortunately I only have my version left to be able to take photographs of as the other two were given as gifts to Nikki and my Mother. I made this up in a lovely open knit fabric from Tia Knight, which unfortunately got washed a little too… Read more »
