Clothing from Art

I recently ordered fabric from Spoonflower for the first time, after a project was hatched with some work colleagues to bring our research...

My 2016 Vintage Pledge

If you are a lover of vintage patterns, you'll be delighted to know that the Vintage Pledge is back for 2016. You can sign up here on ...

Three Things to Sew for Autumn

When I sat down to make a list of things to sew for Autumn/Winter, it got longer and longer. I remembered about all the heavier weight fabri...

A Vintage Pattern Confession & Pledge

Like many seamstresses, I got utterly sucked in by vintage patterns soon after I began sewing. The 1950s was my favourite era  - the gorg...

New Ways of Sewing, Shopping & Dressing

Since having a baby I have been having a rethink about how I dress and shop, and what I sew. Some of this is budget related - now I'm...

5 Reflections and 5 Goals

Following on from my post about my Top 5 Hits and Misses this year and in keeping with Crafting a Rainbow 's Top 5's, I've b...

My Sewing Plans are....

...No plans! Yep, after going through numerous ideas and looking at lots of other peoples' sewing plans for Autumn/Winter, I have deci...

99% Awesome Dress

I really love this dress. Really, really love it. I'm not particularly vain, but I will admit that I have spent a fair amount of time...

10 Tips for Planning your Sewing

  After my recent posts reflecting on my sewing and planning what I want to sew next, a few people commented that they weren't good a...

Upcoming Sewing

Since some of you kindly commented that you liked hearing about my sewing plans - here's my upcoming list.... 1. A maxi dress! After a...