One thing I’m going to try and do more of on the blog is to show you some of the original 1920s, 30s and 40s magazines, catalogues and books from my collection. Today, I thought I’d start with a recent… Continue Reading
Apologies for the radio silence last week but I had a really crappy week. I won’t go into it because it was all work related but needless to say I was a very happy bunny when 5pm hit on Friday.… 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
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
I originally learnt to sew when I was a child. My mum, who I always thought was an amazing seamstress, very patiently showed me different stitching techniques, how to re-hem a skirt and how to make a drawstring bag. I… Continue Reading
