The thought of dressmaking has always daunted me – whether it’s knowing that to make something for me could throw up alls orts of fitting…
There are many people love sewing and knitting, but when it comes to maintain the sewing and knitting machine it seem to be the most…
We’ve had quite a year so far with pageantry and celebratory events for the Queen’s incredible platinum jubilee. Out came the union jack patterns of…
How to decide which sewing needles to use for your project – When making your own items of sewing, it is important to choose the…
I’ve been involved in a madcap project recently to yarnbomb a local town’s bandstand for the jubilee celebrations. I’ve visited villages that go in for…
Gosh how the days whizz by. It doesn’t seem five minutes since I was happily sat in a cottage in Derbyshire last summer with a…
There are so many absolutely fabulous new pogrammes on day time tv at the moment. Not that there is really any excuse for anyone to…
Where I help out as a volunteer room steward, the country house concerned has opened the ‘below stairs – butlers pantry’ experience that literally goes…
The time for making all those wonderful Christmas makes is upon us. In truth, most crafters and hobbyist don’t slacken off at any time of…
It’s funny how you can be using a particular machine for years and not realise it has this feature or that. If you don’t have…