Sewing

Wool quilt

Several years ago I bought four different coloured wool fabrics to make a quilt. They went into a space bag and there they stayed! Then Wendy from @Wendyquilter on Instagram contacted me and offered to coach me through a chevron quilt. I was really thrilled as I had chosen the fabrics to make a chevron […]

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Sewing

Frocktails 2022

I wasn’t going to make a new outfit for Frocktails this year, but then I saw Rhonda from @sewbusted on IG had made Vogue 9305 and I remembered I had bought the pattern in an op shop a few years ago and thought it might be perfect over a dress or some trousers. When I […]

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Sewing, Stashbusting

Peignoir in Japanese silk

I was given this Japanese silk blend fabric by one of my lovely work colleagues. It was a massive 16 metres long, but only 72cms (28″) wide. It was given to me to use to make bags for charity, but, given how many bags it would make, I thought I might take some for a […]

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