Crikey – I have made it to one year 🙂 Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment, it means so much. I started off with a simple aim to blog once a week, every week about my creative journey and business making recycled bags. I have learnt lots on the journey:- Patience …
Create your own man’s messenger bag – Today I am very excited to be guest blogging for the lovely Kate over at crafts on sea. Why not pop over and read the tutorial for making an upcycled man’s messenger bag, using a former jacket. An ideal gift idea:) Do check out her lovely blog, and …
This week I have been inspired by Kids Clothes Week. This great project encourages you to sew for one hour a day for seven days – I’ve made one of the seven!! I am delighted with my upcycling project – one rather large skirt altered to fit my daughter. I trimmed off from both sides …
Midweek it dawned on me that I was about to attend a 40th birthday with no gift – which is just not right! I find making an item for someone I know I add pressure to myself, am I going to make what they are envisaging? Is the finish going to be good enough? …
My husband and I are not too good staying in all day with the kids – we tend to get cabin fever. For our family day out last weekend we visited Pensthorpe. “Set in the heart of the Norfolk countryside, in the beautiful and tranquil Wensum Valley, Pensthorpe is an award-winning mix of meandering nature trails …
I’ve been busy pattern testing for Charmed Liebling, this time for a ladies shoulder bag. My gut instinct was that I would be keeping the bag for myself, so I raided my wardrobe, there’s nothing quite like a recycled bag! I just love this olive green, which goes perfectly with a pair of shoes …
This week has been busy writing guest posts and magazine articles. My research reminded me of the shocking amount of fabric that geos to landfill. The ‘Valuing our clothes’ report from Wrap includes news that around 350,000 tonnes (31%) of used clothing out of a total of 1.13 million tonnes are sent to landfill. There are …
I don’t know about you but I tend to stick to what I am familiar with. I have confess to owning my sewing machine for nearly a year now and only using two stitches, straight and zigzag!!! A while back I saw this idea of creating a stitch guide for your machine, and I have …
I have to admit to being delighted that I was fortunate to be taught how to sew at school, for many reasons. One of them is being able to create a dressing up outfit, all ready for the next school dress up day. My daughter is determined to look exactly like the pirate on the …
Blogging has opened up a whole new world to me – for the first time ever I have attended a cocktail party:) I harked back to my late teens and decided to stay safe and stick with vodka! After much consideration I decided my new black dress required an outing, and made myself a clutch …
Have you made a pillowcase dress yet for this project?? The lovely Louise of Sew Scrumptious is the co-ordinator in the UK, this is what she says about the project: “People who could sew were asked to make simple pillowcase dresses which were then delivered to girls living in poverty in the developing world. Girls …
I don’t know about you but I fight(ignore) a constant battle re the volume of “stuff” in my sewing space. A few months back my husband hit upon the idea of fitting kitchen units for storing all my fabric in, sadly I fail to keep my stash down enough to be able to successfully put …