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
Making a book (more on the cover) #5
Wow! On Saturday I posted the work of two designers as they grappled with the idea of what my book should look like. Thank you for your feedback! As they started before the book was written I was actually impressed … Continued
Making a book #4
I have just one week left to finish the first draft of my book. In the meantime I have some book covers for you to consider! i have a favourite and a critique of the others, but I am keen … Continued
Making a skirt with Bella
I love teaching young people to sew. So when our Cotswold neighbour Bella said she wanted to learn I was thrilled. Over Christmas she came round to make a skirt. I know that she loves peachy shades so I popped … Continued
Learning to weave in a day
You may recall I have a friend Bridget who we met on holiday. She and her husband sat on the coach in front of us, and while he studied a map of Jordan she knitted. We got on very well, … Continued
Making Christmas presents from scraps
One of the great benefits of the shoe making course is that I was able to pick up lots of discarded leather pieces. In the photograph below I include my feet, for scale. I think the dark brown is probably … 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
Finishing the Carolyn Crocheted skirt
Phew! Having created a piece of fabric from over 100 little crocheted squares, each in three colours, I finally joined them together. If you do this – for a blanket or a garment – I used the following method. Sewing … Continued
Bootmaking Part 2
Thank you for all your interest in our boot making course at the London College of Fashion. I am attending this course with my husband Nick every Sunday for six weeks. In week one we made the pattern for our … Continued
Elizabeth Zimmermann’s New Zealand sweater
I have really fallen for the New Zealand sweater, which I wrote about here. I have now made up two of these delightfully simple but fantastically elegant tops. Not so my teeth, smeared in raspberry flesh. (One day I will … Continued
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