Feel The Fear And Sew It Anyway!
Sign up to my newsletter
Stay in the loop with the latest news.
I have been umming and aahing for far too long when it comes to the Helen's Closet Reynolds Dress. I honestly don't know what took me to long. I have loved this pattern since it was released and this summer in particular have 'thought' about sewing it all summer...
If you follow me on Instagram, it will have been clear by the slow-up in my feed that I haven't been sewing so much over the past few months. My Sew-Jo has taken a major battering, for a number of reasons. I've had a string of pattern-project fails, a few projects...
For those of you who have read my blog before, you will know that I am not very good at following instructions. Just like when I cook, I sew with thoughts of, what if I just added this here, or changed this there... I recently made the Carlyle Tshirt, which is one of...
In just the same way as I cook, I rarely follow the steps or style of a pattern, always thinking 'wouldn't it be great if ..' I definitely see sewing patterns as a start point to create our own style and so I am never put off by a pattern that's not exactly what I...
I think I've said it before that I am not very good at following instructions. I often get started well, but quickly my own ideas pop into my mind and I am thinking of different ways to finish up what I have started. So, just as my cooking rarely follows the recipe,...
I have never been one to really follow instructions properly. No matter what I’m doing, often my mind rambles off to, I wonder what if I just did this... or just added that... I’m not sure I have ever followed a cooking recipe from start to finish without changing or...