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Creative Sewing Weekends planned for 2018
We’ve two great Creative Sewing weekends planned for 2018, both to be held at a new venue in Haslemere. I say new venue but actually, the weekends will be held The Georgian Hotel, Haslemere, which is an 18th century building, turned into a hotel in the 1920s. Recently bought by a couple, the staff and…
Read MoreNot so Mystery Guest on BBC Radio 2
I had the pleasure of being Chris Evan’s BBC 2 radio show as his ‘not so mystery guest’ on Thursday last week. We were talking about sewing machines as his young son Eli wants one for Christmas so Chris wanted advice on what to buy as a sewing newbie. It was great fun and the…
Read MoreThe Great British Sewing Bee Live show
The first ever Great British Sewing Bee Live show is now over and wow, what an amazing success it was. As usual, I was there to set up and run the workshop area, which this time included a mini service on the 80 sewing machines we were using – a mammoth task completed in a…
Read MoreMy Perfect Little Black Dress: Easy to Sew Vogue Pattern 8997
My Perfect Little Black dress is the second version of easy to sew Vogue Pattern 8997 I’ve made recently which for me is unusual – I mean making a pattern up twice is unusual. This is partly because I have access to all the new McCalls, Butterick and Vogue Patterns as I am their…
Read MoreKnitting and Stitching Show Animation!
I just love this little Knitting and Stitching show animation video. Produced by Sara Simi, who also made the very cheeky Nudiknits video (which you really should google and check out), it is so cute. And a bit of insider knowledge – the Knitting and Stitching Logo seen at the end was created by the…
Read MoreLook Good, Feel Better – fabulous skin care and make-up workshops
I look good and feel better – why because I’ve just enjoyed an afternoon of fabulous skin care and make-up therapy with the Look Good, Feel Better charity at the Macmillan Cancer Centre in the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. It’s amazing what a bit of make-up can do – especially when following the advice…
Read MoreSew Creative Sewing Bee Challenge packed with superb stitching
I had the pleasure and pain of being part of the 2017 Sew Creative Sewing Bee Challenge last weekend. I say pain because all the entries, without exception, were so good, it made picking out winners devilishly difficult! So not just a challenge for the entrants, one for me too! I also gave a talk…
Read MoreNo Sew 3-4 Minute Poncho
I’m a bit of a blogaholic today – with a second blog about some fabulous fabric I can’t wait to get my hands on. And fortunately as Geoff Rosenburg will be at the Knitting and Stitching show in Alexandra Palace next week (5-9th October) I won’t have to wait too long! Jenni, who runs Stitch…
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