I live in London, a large city that has a wide variety of fabric stores that I love to shop in. So, you would think that I would have no ...

No apologies, but I have made yet another version of Simplicity 3503. I'm calling this latest version (number five) my 'English Summ...

When I returned from my vacation in Miami, in March, I showed you some of the things that I had sewn especially for my trip. However, I have...

Hi everyone – I’m back from my vacation in Miami. It was wonderful, warm and way too short! But quickly moving on to sewing matters …… now t...

Hurrah, tomorrow we are off on our annual vacation to Miami! No, I’m not there yet, the above photo was taken in Miami last year. I am wear...

The arrival of my new cover stitch machine coincided with the discovery that my wardrobe is seriously lacking some basic long-sleeve t-shirt...

If you’re in a hurry for a designer dress, Vogue 1179 is a great way to go, this must be one of the fastest dresses I’ve ever made. Black is...

I’ve plunged into my fall/autumn sewing by making myself an essential wardrobe staple – a little black dress. I used what is rapidly becomi...

I have already made two versions of the a-line skirt, pattern 104, in the February issue of Burda Style magazine (featured in this post ) bu...

I wasn’t entirely happy with my first version of this Cynthia Rowley tunic top (featured in this post ). My foolish choice of fabric meant t...

I love it when the latest issue of Burda Style magazine arrives. Never mind that I have enough patterns in my stash or, indeed, enough back ...

Way back at the beginning of March I mentioned that I was making this skirt, pattern 104 from the February issue of Burda Style magazine So...

I’m going on vacation next week and in an ideal world I would have started sewing a beautifully co-ordinated vacation wardrobe some months a...

Firstly I would like to thank everybody who left me comments of sympathy over my dose of flu - I really did appreciate your kind words. I am...