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My top ten blogs
17 Mar 2018

My top ten blogs

by fabrickated | posted in: Organisation, Tips and Techniques | 19

I have been meaning to write this post for years! Sewing, and related, blogs have helped me, sustained me, amused me, and encouraged me over the past few years and I am so grateful they exist. While I follow around … Continued

blogging, knitting, quilting, sewing
Charity shop finds
13 Feb 2018

Charity shop finds

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, Organisation, Shop Review | 24

Many of us who make our own clothes also enjoy shopping in charity shops. I have been wondering why. Here are some of my reasons. The thrill of the hunt In my life I have found some truly wonderful things … Continued

books, charity shop, tapestry
My sewing room
13 Jan 2018

My sewing room

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, Organisation | 20

Our house is a year old now, and there are one or two small snags still to be sorted! But we are very nearly there. Nick has done virtually all the interior woodwork now, creating the most impressive cupboards in … Continued

sewing room
Some advice on social media names
18 Nov 2017

Some advice on social media names

by fabrickated | posted in: Organisation, Tips and Techniques | 43

Love it or hate it, the name we are given at birth usually sticks with us forever. The process of choosing children’s names is taken seriously and is often full of meaning. My kids all got parent or grandparent middle … Continued

blogging, Fabrickated, social media
Knitting Update…
24 Oct 2017

Knitting Update…

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, Organisation, WIP (work in progress) | 24

My life has started to get almost unbearably busy. You know me – I fancy myself as being rather good at time management. But of course I am not that good because I am now dropping the ball, forgetting things, … Continued

family, Grey, knitting, rainbow jumper, violet, wool, work
Knitting Update
22 Oct 2017

Knitting Update

by fabrickated | posted in: knitting, Organisation, WIP (work in progress) | 3

My life has started to get almost unbearably busy. You know me – I fancy myself as being rather good at time management. But of course I am not that good because I am now dropping the ball, forgetting things, … Continued

knitting, sewing, shoe making, time management
Tool Time
14 Oct 2017

Tool Time

by fabrickated | posted in: Organisation | 30

Did you ever watch hilarious American sit com Home Improvement? I really loved the show – in it Tim Taylor has a programme called Tool Time and he is really pretty useless as a DIYer. Lots of explosions, casual sexism; … Continued

resources, sewing area, stretching, tools, workshop
Late summer jacket – getting to the right shade of pink
29 Aug 2017

Late summer jacket – getting to the right shade of pink

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, Fabric printing, Inspiration, Organisation, WIP (work in progress) | 29

I am looking for a medium weight pure linen, in pink that is both very light in shade, and cool (blue undertones). For a summer jacket. I have found lots of nice smokey pinks, shell pinks and bright pinks. And … Continued

dying, linen, pink, summer
Thinking about a late summer jacket
12 Aug 2017

Thinking about a late summer jacket

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, Inspiration, Organisation, WIP (work in progress) | 28

One of the books I recently read was Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’urbervilles. In the book there are many descriptions of the clothes worn by farm workers in the 1880s. I was taken with the description of young women … Continued

Chanel, Dior, fitted, jacket, linen, pink
Another momentous week
1 Aug 2017

Another momentous week

by fabrickated | posted in: Organisation, WIP (work in progress) | 21

I am not sure how many of these I can take! Last week Notting Hill Housing, where I work, announced our intention to merge with another large housing association. Notting Hill owns around 30,000 homes in London, and we decided … Continued

birthday, family, merger, needlefelt, sewing room

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