Making Life more Beautiful
This weekend I finished my sewing area in our living room. This included quite a lot of discarding, but I also made some changes. UFOs (or Unfinished objects) I honestly believed I don’t do UFOs. My clarity on what I … Continued
I have a page called Ideas for projects. I set it up a year ago hoping that if I listed what I wanted to do it might focus my attention. Furthermore I planned to use the cute strikethrough feature provided by WordPress … Continued
I wondered if it were possible to create a wardrobe with just 30 items, especially in a wet and chilly environment. I have chosen a sub-set of my existing wardrobe to meet the criteria – just 30 items including shoes … Continued
I already wrote about the Mad Men from a Menswear perspective. But of course the womenswear was sensational too, and impossible to do justice to in a short blog post, so I am going to give the three leading ladies … Continued
I finally met a real, live sewing blogger – Marianna. I discovered her blog when I was searching for information about Pattern Magic. Marianna has written a lot about her experiments with this modern Japanese and highly interesting approach to … Continued
Esme has a much-loved yellow, summer coat. I bought for about £60 in Zara, a shop that usually stocks more a good range of yellow items. In fact if you like yellow it is the shop to shop in. I … Continued
I had read some of the hype about a new “lipstick matching” service in Boots, which would apparently “change forever how we buy lipstick”. I must admit getting a lipstick that really suits us is a challenge. We all have … Continued
I hate calling it a “stash” – a word I absolutely associate with drugs. In fact I don’t use the S word. The fabrics I have bought and accumulated in my cupboard are my raw materials, my inspiration, my hobby … Continued
Previously I wrote about my sewing plans for the rest of the year. I considered Wendy Mak’s 30 piece wardrobe plan. Before I set out my own thinking I also had a look at what Dr Elizabeth (ejvc on Artisan’s Square) … Continued
Mad Men is nearly over and I admit I am a tiny bit bored now. At the beginning I loved the programme. Mainly because I liked Don and his story although it became more or more contrived as it progressed. … Continued