I’ve been working on a shirt for me.  I used My Pattern Designer which is a program that will draft patterns based on your measurements.  A great program but I still haven’t mastered it yet …

My first day at work today went really well. The people are really great and the workplace has a nice feel to it. Today was mostly about learning about how they do things, …

Yes, I know you are probably sick of hearing about me going back to work but I’m not sick of talking about it yet. My first day is tomorrow! I am feeling good …

Yesterday was an eventful day! I had my last session ever of my Tuesday group before starting back at work (it’s been 8 years!) next week. It was a fun session …

I am in the process of cutting out another shirt using NewLook 6407 again. This time I am doing View A which is the main photo on the pattern envelope. Hopefully I will …

Regular readers will know that I have been looking for a part time job for the last few weeks.  Well, I did it - I got a job!  I found out last Thursday and I start …

Okay then… I’m gonna get back to some regular crafty posting now I promise. So what’s been happening? Well, after my last post, I have gotten still more used to the idea and I am …

I forgot to tell you, dear readers, that last week I sold my doorstop old coverstitch machine (Brother 2340C) because quite frankly, we had never bonded.

I had fallen in love since the first time we …

I have been sewing since forever (I made my first wrap skirt with mum’s help when I was eight) and there was a long period when I used to sew almost all of my own …

I have been SO busy sewing lately. Well, in my head anyway.
Technically speaking, there hasn’t been any actual sewing but there has been lots of thinking about sewing. Lots of reading about garment sewing in …

I am getting over my cold at last - almost a week now and it’s still hanging on. Yesterday I was at the stage where I thought that I was feeling all better (or near …