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Nova Coat sew-a-long

Very fittingly on the first day of Me Made May, I met up with three friends for a Nova Coat sew-a-long.  Myself, A and J …

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I brought a new thing

Full disclosure, I brought a new item of clothing from a shop.  That means I went 2 years and 4 months without buying a new …

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Me Made Wardrobe Part 2

I have been very busy in the sewing room of late, rustling up all sorts of goodies.  Lets take a look shall we? First up …

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Christmas Crafting

Now that Christmas is done and dusted for another year, I thought I would share with you some of the gifts I made.  Most of …

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Me made wardrobe

As well as adding to my wardrobe with thrifted items last year, I also did some sewing and knitting to give it a boost as …

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A Year of Thrift

Happy New Year!  I thought I would give an update on my slow fashion journey throughout 2020.  As mentioned in this post, I pledged not …

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Peanut butter flavour experiment

Have you spied that Fix and Fogg have a new flavour out?  Of course I had to try to recreate it at home.  I haven’t …

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Twin Blankets

Whenever my friends M & D come to visit in Winter, they always make full use of my knitted and crocheted blankets.  They had both …

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Backyard visitors

Since we have been in lockdown we have noticed more birds around.  I don’t know whether it is because we are at home all day …

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Easy peasy soup

It’s cold and raining here today so I whipped up this delicious soup for lunch.  It was so easy and cheap,  I thought I would …

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