Shopping the stash
I haven’t done any sewing for a while but I made a few things last year using fabric I already had in my stash. I have been trying to reduce the amount of fabric I […]
Category: Sewing
Christmas gifts / Handmade / Homemade / Knitting / Me made wardrobe / recycling / Sewing / Socks / thrifting / Vintage
June Project Round-up
June was a super productive month! I made another A line skirt and a matching vest from some lovely soft and super warm wool that I got at the local second hand fabric sale. It […]
Crochet / Handmade / Homemade / Me Made May / Me made wardrobe / recycling / Sewing
May project roundup
Me Made May was a good month to get some projects done. We have a fabric fair at one of the schools local to me every few months and when I went in November I […]
April Project Roundup
April was a very productive month project wise. I made myself a cape using a self drafted pattern and some boiled wool that I got for Xmas a couple of years ago. I used some […]
Crochet / Handmade / Homemade / Me made wardrobe / Sewing
February Project Round Up
Three projects completed in February, was a bit of a busy month social wise so I didn’t spend as much time as I would have liked in the sewing room. It was my friend J’s […]
January project round-up
I thought I would do a round up of my January projects as they were a varied bunch. I took advantage of the Boxing Day sales to get some yarn at 40% off to knit […]
Christmas gifts / Handmade / No Waste / recycling / Sewing / Sustainability
Christmas Decoration Making
Every year, as part of their Christmas gift, I give Christmas decorations to my brother and his family. Most years I hand make them but I have occasionally been pressed for time and purchased decorations. […]
Knitting project bags
I did a bit of birthday/christmas sewing recently in the form of some knitting project bags. I saw a bag I really liked online and self drafted a pattern to make one for my sister […]
Garden Bunting
Now that Spring has officially arrived, I thought it was time to give the garden bunting a bit of a refresh. Each year I pull out my scraps and make some bunting for two areas […]
Ten things
I thought I would share ten things that made me happy this weekend Figs from my tree which I ate on toast with honey, soooo good. The variety is Fig Candy, check out the colour! […]