I saw a version of this blouse on SheilaSewsHerClothes Instagram account, where she’d made it from a striped knit. I immediately wanted one and Sheila suggested we sew it as part of the April Amigos challenge on Magamsewalong. I had a dig in the stash and found some striped French Terry in two colourways. I […]
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Zero waste tops
Megan from meggipeg blog and Katherine from SewBlooms blog and I had a sewing challenge where we were to make the free zero waste t-shirt from MakeUse.nz (free under a Creative Commons license). I decided to make the cropped tee and found this piece of purple cotton knit remnant from Knitwit Fabrics. I have no […]
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Zero waste jacket
Liz Haywood has begun publishing an e-zine called A Year of Zero Waste Sewing, and the March edition has a pattern for a zero waste jacket, the Make it Modular Jacket Pattern, and I decided to make it. I found a sweater knit that had a strong diamond checked pattern, and away I went. I […]
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NYC to Montréal and back
Whilst we were in New York we thought we’d pay a quick visit to our friend Hélène in Montréal, so we organised train tickets and braced ourselves for the eleven hour trip. The scenery is picture perfect and I was pleased to see Bannerman Castle. It’s built on an Island on the Hudson River and […]
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Marvellous Midlands
We left Wales and headed to Birmingham as I was desperate to experience the famed rag market. Yes, there was a lot of fabric! Yes, I was overwhelmed! No, I didn’t buy anything. We went over the road to the Fancy Silk Store, which wasn’t terribly fancy from the outside. But inside, oh my word! […]
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Cruising round the Cairngorms
For our trip around the Cairngorms we decided to park ourselves in Blairgowrie for three days and got ourselves a little cottage in Kirkton of Lethendy – how lovely does that sound? It was obviously the Smithy’s cottage (as that’s what it’s called) and it was really quaint. We were able to luxuriate in front […]
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Sewing friends across the world
One of the loveliest things about blogging my sewing and knitting endeavours has been meeting new, like-minded friends. Last year I caught up with Hélène, who came from Montreal to New York to have breakfast with me – how cool is that? On my recent trip to London I managed to meet Sally from Charity Shop Chic and […]
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