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Lekala Sewing Pattern #4029 – Side Drape Dress
Hello chums, I made another dress using a Lekala pattern before my holiday to take with me. Lekala 4029 is a a side drape dress with a cowl neckline and simple design lines.... Read More
How do you follow your favourite blogs…..??
Hello everyone, A quick post here mulling over how to follow blogs. Having just got back from a lengthy holiday in which I was forcibly unplugged from the interwebs due... Read More
Lekala Sewing Pattern #4456 – Blouse With Short Sleeves
After my success with my first Lekala make last year – a dress for Indie Pattern Month New to Me week I have since bought more patterns. Loads more :-). What... Read More
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
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
Ottobre Design Kids Magazine Sewing Projects
Hello everyone, I am back with more selfless sewing for my kids. Sewing for children can be such a pleasure. They are small  so less fabric which means I can spend... 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
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
Sewing Pattern Review: McCalls M6844 & M6886
During the post-Christmas slump, I have enthused enough energy to post about sewing my Christmas outfit ;-). I do hope you all had a lovely Christmas and happy holidays. McCalls... Read More
I made it to the Final!
Hello chums! Shortest post ever: Wait. They want me to what?….. For Round 4 of the 2015 Sewing Bee, you must design and sew a contestant outfit for... Read More
Lined jacket progress…plus tidbits
Hello all, Not much time for a lengthy post. Pictures of my progress thus far. Trying out mesh on a slide show! Enjoy! https://me.sh/114t67aj In other news I... Read More
Sewing Bee update plus living without a phone.
Hello chums! I got through to Round 3 of the Pattern Review Sewing bee!!!! BUT they have asked for a lined jacket…mmm wonder what will be the final then? Anyway... Read More
Pauline Alice Carme Blouse Pattern Review + Sashiko Embroidery
Pauline Alice Carme Blouse Pattern Review Hope your day is good thus far. I thought I would share what I have been up to since my last post after finding... Read More
Pattern Review Sewing Bee Round 1 & Sewaholic Granville
Hello all, How are you doing? I am ok. Its been a little while since posting but I have been beavering away. First of all I entered the PR Sewing... Read More