Advice for Jenny
One of my dear followers Jenny has been in touch. She is going to a winter wedding and has bought this lovely deep pink fabric, a colour I think will look great on her, and a Fake Fur jacket that … Continued
Guest blog: Rachel’s Goodyer’s sewing journey
You may remember that Rachel wrote to me asking what patterns would be good for a beginner. I, and a number of others, made some suggestions. Well Rachel recently got in touch again, with some photographs of how she has been … Continued
Staying with the Saxons in Translyvania
We stayed at a lovely guesthouse Villa Hermani in Magura, Transylvania. Here are our hosts Katerina and Herman, wearing their traditional Saxon outfits. This photograph was taken by Janos Kalmar. Katerina explained that her outfit had been given to her … Continued
Meeting Gail of My Fabrication
Australian blogger Gail of My Fabrication came to London for work this week, and popped in to see me while she was here. Gail works for the equivalent of Transport for London in New South Wales and is particularly concerned … Continued
Old Street Pop Up shop
I went to a “pop-up” shop today, run by one of my Morley college tutors, Lynda Kinne and her husband Daniel. They are a very dapper New Yorker couple, dressed head to toe in their own designs. If you have … Continued
Meeting Marianna of Sew2Pro
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
IT project officer Charlene Peters – from Carnival Queen to night club singer
Charlene is a Project Officier who works for Notting Hill Housing – she is helping us upgrade our IT for care and support business. Charlene often wears brightly coloured clothes – which of course drew my attention to her. I asked … Continued
Guest post – an interview with Dr Elena Rowland
Like me, Elena (or Helena as her friends call her) is a member of the Governors’ Board at a local NHS Mental Health Trust. I am always impressed by her keen sense of style and the fact that she makes … Continued
Guest blog – a review of the film “Dior and I” by Linde Carr
Linde Carr, Notting Hill Housing board member, has already been featured on this blog. She told me she was going to see Dior and I with her daughter so I asked her to review it. I remember the first time I … Continued
“Sabre Toothed SWAP” – fun with a Demented Fairy
This “sabre-toothed Swap” started over on Pretty Grievances, where Ann – the instigator of Jungle January – got together with PennyLiberian to create an international collaboration. Where sewists would send a buddy a package of cloth and the partners would … Continued
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