This Is Not My Home

How was it February since I last posted? Dear me, how time seems to run away. I have been baking, quietly, in the background, although I thi...

Now that the Ballerina and the Maharaja are married, I can show you the top secret mission, which was... bunting! Sewing the binding to t...

This week has been mostly about completing a mission. It involves bias binding. And pins. Lots of pins. And it's for the Ballerina...

For which I am so very grateful and pleased. The whole haul. That bright sunflower? From the Queen of Sheba. Close up on the books - ...

Two and a half metres of red silk, shot with black An old trusted McCall's pattern (M4460 for those who want to know) Two weeks o...

Mummy wanted a knitting needle case for her birthday. After much browsing on Amazon, we both realised I could make one myself, and then she ...

My first proper foray into making my own clothes, on my own sewing machine, by myself. No commercial pattern. Merely a little maths, som...

Yes, the stitching could have been much neater. No, the corners aren't mitred properly. Yes, the ruffle is completely uneven. No, I don...

All ready to make a new cushion cover for the sofa. Once I have time to sew that is. My friend managed to pick out a perfectly matching sha...