Sewing the Week Away…
I’ve been neglecting the blog, again, there’s a surprise! I’ve had four days off this week which has been great. I needed them so much. Plus I’ve been focusing on Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Sewing
Vintage April…
What a fabulous afternoon I had today. I met up with Magpie Mimi, a fellow Welsh member of The Sew Weekly Sewing Circle, and we went fabric shopping. An Continue Reading →
That Old Sew and Sew
Before I became more than a little obsessed with knitting, I used to sew. I made lots of things; trousers, tops, shirts, dresses etc. And at some point I became Continue Reading →
How’d you like them apples?
Sadly not from my garden, but a colleague was selling 2 kilo bags of apples from his garden for only £1 which was a steal. I usually make apple crumbles Continue Reading →
How does your Garden Grow…
So, I haven’t picked my knitting needles up in a while, my dress still needs straps – which seem to be taking forever – and hemming, but I have been Continue Reading →
Pinballs or what I did on Sunday…
In a departure from my usual writing about things like knitting, sewing, cooking etc. I’m going to talk to you about pinball since I took part in a pinball tournament Continue Reading →
Sewing plus a year older
Yesterday I used my sewing machine for the first time in three years. I’ve used Doug’s before but it was nice to sit in front of mine again. I was Continue Reading →
Frustration
I sometimes feel as though I am battling against tasks and self imposed deadlines. That my garden should be perfect and bursting with flowers and vegetables, my home should be Continue Reading →
Season's Greetings
It’s my first Christmas at Doug’s, we started seeing each other just before Christmas last year. I’m writing this on my main present from him, a HP mini netbook in Continue Reading →
Craft room reorganising continued…
Day 4 and the room still looks a mess although slowly, pockets of space are appearing. At the beginning it was almost impossible to get into the room so it's Continue Reading →