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Well, it’s nearing the end of January and already one of my goals for this year is out of the window. I had vowed to myself that I would post on here more often, and it started well, but then… Continue Reading
As I mentioned in my last post I did a lot of thinking and researching over the holidays about the things I want to sew in 2016. This led me to make a few vintage sewing resolutions of things I must… Continue Reading
I’m back! Happy New Year to you all, I hope Father Christmas brought you everything you wanted and that you had lots of merriment over the holidays. I had a lovely relaxing time, getting up late and not having much… Continue Reading
Well, here we are again, another month’s over, but never mind, Christmas will be here in less than a month! Usually by this time I’m really, really excited and would’ve bought most of my presents, however, this year I’m still… Continue Reading
I apologise for last week’s radio silence but I had rather a horrible and difficult week. On the Wednesday I had to say goodbye to my beautiful and beloved cat Norman. He was 15 years old and had been with… Continue Reading
Here we are, another month gone. Is it me or does this year seem to be racing by? Anyway, it’s been a busy sewing month and I’ve been buying loads of new-to-me vintage patterns and beautiful lengths of fabric, including… Continue Reading
I apologise for the lateness of this post. I had planned to do it over the bank holiday but as I was struck down with a cold just before it started I decided sitting in front of a computer was… Continue Reading
There’s one outfit I actually l missed out from my last post about my capsule holiday wardrobe but I did it on purpose because I think it deserves its own post. Because the holiday was in the middle of August… Continue Reading
Every year my mum and I have a small holiday together, just us girls. We’ve been to places like Edinburgh, Dublin, Hamburg and even New York. But this year we just couldn’t make our minds up where to go, so instead… Continue Reading
After a disastrous start I have sorted my camera out (it was on a really weird setting!) and have now managed to get some decent photos of my 1940s make do and mend dress. Why I’ve called it that I’ll… Continue Reading
