I’ve seen lots of versions of this pattern and was always attracted to it, and then my friend Hélène made a swoonworthy one and I knew I needed a pink and grey one just like hers. Here is the line drawing so you can see that really lovely front. I need to say at this […]
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Sometime ago I won this lovely pattern via a SewOver50 challenge and I was so thrilled as I’d seen it on my friend Hélène and loved it. I duly made a couple of versions and have worn them a lot, but decided I wanted another one; as a jacket. Hélène posted one she’d hacked and […]
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Following our trip to Paris, we took the train to Luxembourg, which I haven’t visited since my European tour of 1976, but which I knew Mark would adore with the cobbled streets, quaint and beautiful buildings and breathtaking scenery. It seemed that everywhere we looked had a wow! factor. I will let you decide for […]
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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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We drove into Litchfield National Park intending to visit the waterfalls, but it was a Saturday and there was no room. All the pools were full of people floating around on pool noodles, and swimming was impossible. We did manage to squeeze into the Buley Rockhole which has pools on several levels. We walked to […]
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I’ve visited New York a few times, but we seem to have been here a lot recently – four times in the last four years, in fact! This time we thought we’d find some different things to do, and I’m going to share them with you regularly. I’ll also be sharing some things I made […]
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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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In May the Magamsewalong theme on Instagram was “May Mashup”, and I had to think long and hard about what I might do. I happened to be looking in a cupboard and noticed a whole box of silk samples and had a lightbulb moment. Could I somehow felt the silk into my own fabric? I pulled […]
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On our way from Glasgow to the Lake District we felt obliged to check out Gretna Green. All I can say is that every tourist in the area had the same idea, including some who I’m convinced had no idea what it was really about. Mark certainly didn’t until I enlightened him. A tiny doorway […]
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We begin this journey on the Isle of Skye. I had booked a tiny house called a “wigwam” – not really like the wigwam I had as a kid, but it was very cute. and had the odd bit of quirkiness in the garden. We had an amazing view over the moors and the skies […]
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