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Sewing. Lifestyle. Self Care
2016
Burda 6849 Pattern Review
Hello chums. I am back after an epic 3 week family holiday – I then needed a holiday to recover from being the operations manager of said holiday :-). After... Read More
Snap! I made trousers! TROUSERS! Butterick B5895
Trousers people! I made trousers! Ok Ok calm down. Hello everyone. I am super excited to share these trousers that have turned out to be a very wearable muslin. I... Read More
Burda 2/2016 #105 Pattern Review
Updated 1/5/2021 I made a second top from the February issue of Burda. When I stepped out for the photoshoot hubs started chanting “Go Leeds Rhinos!”. That’s because this simple... Read More
Sewaholic Renfrew Pt. 2
Hello all! Happy Wednesday! All good things happen on a Wednesday – at least thats what I like to tell myself. My good thing is I have time to... Read More
Sewaholic Patterns Renfrew Top Review
Sewaholic Patterns Renfrew Top Review of the cowl neck view.... Read More
Simplicity 1317 Sewing Pattern Review
Hello chums! Happy Mothers Day! I had a great day with many little surprises from the family. For starters my pale light coloured walls were transformed into a post modernist... Read More
Another self drafted pencil sirt
Hello everyone! This a fabric that I had been dreading to cut because of fear of pattern matching. Too many times I brought the fabric out and started pinning trying to match... Read More
Burda 2/2016 #103 Review
Hello everyone, When my February issue of BurdaStyle magazine came through the postbox, I eagerly tore it open. It was brimming with patterns I liked and felt I could make. The... Read More
Spring Watch
Hello everyone, Quick post sharing some of my spring spotting ventures. I desperately want out of the winter and have been looking for signs of promise of the warmer seasons.... Read More
McCalls M6886 Pattern Review in Pink Ponte Fabric
McCalls Ladies Easy Sewing Pattern 6886 After a resounding success with sewing up my last M6886 made for Christmas 2016 (link here), I immediately set to work on the next one. You see,... Read More
Burda 1/2016 #101 Review
Burda 01/2016 #101 I have been sewing for a while but had yet to tackle sewing activewear. Here is my pattern review for Burdastyle 01/2016 #101. Yoga entered my life... Read More
I am a Yorkshire Spoolette!
I started blogging purely as a way to catalog my sewing makes. In the past I had always been an anonymous reader of blogs but never really reached out and got... Read More