Anne Marie’s gorgeous tote bag

July 24, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Anne-Marie finished her tote bag and I am super impressed with how beautifully it came out! We even had enough time to make a bespoke pocket for the inside. Beautiful work Anne-Marie – enjoy your tote bag.

Tracy’s tote bag

June 23, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here we go Tracy, your gorgeous tote bag with cerise lining. Great choice – it looks fab.

Tracing a pattern

June 16, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

The bonus of buying a shop bought pattern is that it comes in a few sizes – so – if you think this is something that you can make a few times in different sizes (for example a little girls dress that you can remake as she grows bigger and bigger) then I suggest tracing […]

Online Haberdashery Shopping

June 14, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

So, where do you go when you are looking for haberdashery? Here are some of my gems: JAYCOTTS http://www.jaycotts.co.uk Jaycotts have everything that opens and shuts for haberdashery. I buy all my zips, buttons, threads and patterns from this company. Good prices, fast service. MERRICK AND DAY http://www.merrick-day.com Merrick and Day are great for cushion […]

Fabric Shopping In London & North London

June 14, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

Fabric Shopping in London Feel like a day out shopping for Fabric instead of buying online? Here’s a guide to shopping in our gorgeous city of London – and closer to home for me – North London! GOLDHAWK ROAD / SHEPHERDS BUSH Closest Tube: Goldhawk Road / Shepherds Bush If you want a huge, huge […]

Fabric shopping ONLINE

June 14, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

Buying Fabric ONLINE There are so many great online shops that sell fabric – in fact sometimes it’s an easier way to browse as you can see all the options from the comfort of your chair. How many hours I have lost by browsing, browsing, browsing and dreaming of buying every piece of fabric I […]

Tote Bag

June 10, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

OK I couldn’t resist – I had to make this gorgeous bag out of a stripey black and white with a taupe lining! I am INLOVE. Come and join our beginners class stage 2 and make your own version! And just look at the options with different colour linings: Love the bag and want […]

Gorgeous Tote Bag

June 9, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Join our Beginners Stage 2 class and make this gorgeous Tote Bag! Fabulous for the beach in a nautical stripe or choose a different fabric to make a bag for anywhere – gym, shopping, weekends away. Fully lined with strong handles. I’m inlove with mine and going to make it in a few colours!! Look […]

Bunting Bunting Bunting!

May 28, 2013.Reading time 10 minutes.

Making bunting today to hang in our workshop! Want to learn how? here we go.. I am making quite a long length of bunting with 15 triangles. I am making all of my triangles out of spare cream fabric. Your triangle needs to be 24cm wide and 30cm long (which includes a 1cm seam). I […]

Nicole’s birthday party!

May 8, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Our children’s parties have started and what a ball we have had! Nicole turned 12 and invited 8 of her friends to her sewing party. She chose owls and birds as her theme and the girls had a ball choosing the different owls and birds cut out of different colour felt. Each had different colour […]

Christmas Stockings

February 17, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

I was delighted to be asked to make 20 Christmas stockings for a children’s charity. First I had to “draw” twenty Christmas tree’s onto the green fabric. A good tip – make the template out of cardboard and then draw around it on the fabric using a white pencil crayon or fabric marker. This way […]

Easter

February 17, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

So… looking for ideas for Easter. A good friend donates gifts to a children’s hospital and I was delighted to make Christmas stockings in December. Now I’m looking for an idea for Easter – I want it to be cute and original….