The weather has turned blustery, the days are getting shorter. The blogosphere is buzzing with plans for fall sewing. And what am I doing? I...

Some weeks ago I put myself on a severely restricted fabric diet. Absolutely no more fabric purchases until I have substantially reduced the...

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...

Thanks to everyone for your very nice comments about my shiny black satin and lace ‘glamorous’ dress featured in my last post. However, I cl...

A big thank you to everyone who commented on my dithering over the Lady Grey coat pattern in my last post. Your extremely astute opinions he...

In my last post I promised that full disclosure of all my fabric buying in the New York garment district would be forthcoming. I have alread...

Hi everyone, I’m back home in London and what a fabulous time I had in New York City!! The highlight of my trip was a lunchtime meet up with...

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...

Having recently returned from New York with enough winter fabrics to keep me busy for many months (or years!), what have I now done? Yes, I...

Before you gasp at my sewing speed (which isn’t actually very speedy at all) I need to tell you that I didn’t make this dress in the last we...

…... with a suitcase fit to burst! We had such a wonderful time. Here’s me in line at Tkts and on the High Line along with a couple of seaso...

Being a London girl I felt that I really couldn't go another week without mentioning that great bastion of British style - Liberty of Lo...

I recently returned from a two week trip to New York city. Although I live in London I travel to New York as often as I can and every time I...