My top ten blogs
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
Charity shop finds
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
My sewing room
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
Some advice on social media names
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
Knitting Update…
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 Update
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
Late summer jacket – getting to the right shade of pink
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
Thinking about a late summer jacket
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
Another momentous week
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