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Stacey’s choice for April for the Sewing for Boys sew along is Treasure Pocket Pants. It’s one of the patterns that really jumped out at me when I first got the book and here was the motivation to make a … Read More »
Have you signed up for this? Twice a year over at Elsie Marley, Meg runs a week where she challenges you to sew for an hour a day for your children (or someone else’s), that hour might include tracing patterns … Read More »
Earlier this month I made the Easy Linen Shirt as part of the Sewing For Boys sew-along. What I didn’t do is embellish it. I had plans, vague one admittedly but they have not come to fruition. I wanted to … Read More »
I’ve been joining in the Sewing for Boys sew-along hosted by Stacey, the pattern chosen for March is the Easy Linen Shirt. Before looking at the pattern I wondered about the use of the word ‘easy’, you may know that … Read More »
It’s still early in the month but I wanted to get on with this months Sewing for Boys Sew along pattern. Stacey has chosen the Kickin’ Back Sweats pattern and/or Mr Two Face pants (we’re working from Sewing for Boys … Read More »
not sure where it went, but looking back I did quite a bit of sewing. On Tuesday I had a day out. Emily and I first met some time last summer, she lives not too far from me so we … Read More »
Pin It Or maybe the title should be ‘How to make a pirate patch in less than 10 minutes’! Leah had been invited to her friend’s 5th birthday party, on Sunday morning just a few hours before the party I … Read More »
The raglan t-shirt that I made for Mathias last week has now been embellished… First though thanks to Karen (one of the book authors) for her helpful comments on Flickr, I now know that when using old knits you should … Read More »
It’s the last day of the school holidays, Tobit has gone back to work, we are all still in our pyjamas AND the chidren are playing really nicely together upstairs. So I’m slipping in a quick blog post! Last week … Read More »
After the last few weeks that have been so crazy I finished my last commission yesterday morning – hurrah. So what to do next? Both Tobit and I have been hit by a virus this week and have felt really … Read More »