what I made & what I bought

As promised yesterday, here she is… This is the doll I made at Jess Quinn’s workshop on Saturday. As you can see, I took full advantage of the lovely bits and bobs on offer to make and clothe her. I didn’t … Continue reading

priorities

I consider myself pretty good at prioritising. In my previous job-from-hell, there were never enough hours in the day to do everything and consequently, prioritising was something I had to do rather a lot of. I have stuff to sort out. Some of it … Continue reading

lazy

Ok, I apologise. It got late, I’d been busy (cleaning, and sewing cats, and social media-ing) and then I went to the pub, and I didn’t exactly prioritise blogging. So today’s post is a lazy post. Other people’s photos. Someone else’s … Continue reading

sock it to me

Autumn is one of my least favourite times of year. Oh, I know all that stuff about mellow fruitfulness, misty mornings and kicking through leaves sounds nice, and I suppose it has its charms. But I dread the onset of winter. I hate the … Continue reading

sorting out

This week has been a bit of a strange one. Sort of a “week in waiting”. It’s the week after back from holidays, the week before back to school. And as such it has provoked rather a lot of “sorting … Continue reading

pimp my shirt

Most people start with a piece of old clothing they want to improve. Not me. I started with a pile of linens I wanted to use to improve something. And then I spotted this linen shirt in the local charity … Continue reading