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February Socks

I have finished my February socks with one day to spare.  I knitted these ones for hubby and they ended up having different toes.  I …

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Sock Knitting Challenge

I have decided not to buy any new yarn or fabric this year until I have used up what I have in my stash.  I …

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Sewing Update – Burnside Bibs

Every so often, I find a sewing pattern that is so good, I end up making multiple garments of the same pattern.  Burnside Bibs by …

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Mini Christmas stockings

You might be forgiven for thinking this is a post about some stockings I made for Christmas 2022.   I was super organised during the holidays …

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Calendar pages to envelopes

While I was visiting my friend in Christchurch, she gave me some old calendars to recycle.  She had given me some a couple of years …

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T-shirt to cushion transformation

I popped down to Christchurch the weekend before Christmas to visit my oldest friend who had a significant birthday on Christmas Day. We have been …

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Pocket Skirt

I love this pattern!  It is the Pocket Skirt which is a collab with Peppermint Magazine and Paper Theory.  It is such an easy, well …

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It’s all about the dress

This edition of the sewing update is all about the dresses.   First up, the Spring Dress which is a pattern I got free with Simply …

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Sewing update – Top edition

This time it’s all about the tops.  I have made three tops from two patterns. First up, the Cuff top by The Assembly line.  This …

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Me made wardrobe update

It’s been a while since I did a sewing update and there have been a few things added to my wardrobe over the past couple …

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