I’m so excited that Autumn is almost here. It’s the season with the best colours and fabrics – burnt orange corduroy, rich purple wools, green coatings. Sandals are swapped for…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple months (or unless you have *no* interest in sewing whatsover – in which case you may want to stop…
I’m an 80’s child. Well, that’s to say I was *born* in the 80’s but sadly wasn’t old enough to experience the fashions of the time – power suits, mullets,…
For most of us sewists, buying fabric and sewing are two completely separate hobbies. We may start out with good intentions like ‘I’ll only buy fabric for each project as…
It dawned on me just recently that I’m a bit of a Deer and Doe fangirl. I seem to have made a lot of their patterns – the Chardon Skirt,…
No, you’re not mistaken. It’s not Sunday. I’ve strayed from my regular posting routine to bring you a totally cool neon-Ganesha affair, which is my second guest post on the…
We have an unspoken, gender-fluid segregation of duties in my house. I will do the laundry, husband will feed the dogs. I will pay the bills and do the admin/boring…
Everyone has had that moment when they’ve seen something and gone – OH MY GOD I NEED THAT IN MY LIFE I WANT IT NOW GIVE ME THE THING. That was…
It was love at first sight for me and this fabric. The pinks, the greens, the skyline… I had all the heart eyes for it. So much so that I…
A little while back, we lived in Asia for a couple of years. Malaysian Borneo, to be precise. For anyone whose geography is as bad as mine, it’s the red…
