The golden eras of fashion for me are definitely all long in the past. When you look back at the fashions that represent each of the decades – the 20’s…
Yes, another shirt. At this rate I’ll soon be catching up to the global production output of Ted Baker. Shirts are one of my favourite items to make, because I get more…
Being a cyclist, my legs are pretty chunky and most of the time feature at least one bruise from smacking a pedal against my shin when I’ve got a bit…
My cycle commutes to and from work each day are my free time to think (whilst still paying attention to the roads and all the potential death traps, of course).…
I am not a girly girl. I don’t do pretty frilly dresses and hair curls – much to the disappointment of my mother who so dearly wanted a daughter that…
As you’ll come to learn, I have a bit of a thing for making garments with collars. Long sleeve shirts for the colder months of the year, short sleeve shirts…
We all know the feelings of pride and accomplishment when we try something new and it works out well. It squashes any niggling feelings of doubt we had about ourselves…
Let me start by saying that I have been a visitor to the Knitting and Stitching show for over 15 years, but always at Alexandra Palace in the autumn. So…
I am the type of person that is always up for a challenge. This applies to all manner of things from finishing the ‘serves 6’ packet of crisps all by…
Let me begin this post by explaining the ‘cosplay’ element going on here, as at first glance this outfit does not in fact appear to be a cosplay outfit. The…
