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self drafted trousers

I’ve had a piece of checked ponte in my stash for a few years, and I’ve finally made it up! I bought it at Mood Fabrics in New York on one of my visits, and I’m so pleased to be wearing them. I decided to make a pattern that I had cloned from a pair […]

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Zero waste warm hat

The latest pattern from Liz Haywood’s kitchen atelier is a zero waste warm hat, which I wasted no time in buying as I had just been thinking that Mark needed a new beanie. I found some fantastic fleece leftover from a jacket I had made him. The fabric originally came from Knitwit Fabrics. I will […]

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Zero Waste Optimatium Coat

I watched people making the Optimatium dress when it was offered in the Tauko magazine last year and wondered how I could get my mitts on it, and then Liz, the designer, offered it to her fans and followers and I snapped it up – apparently the first in the world to do so! With […]

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