Comfy Clothes Plans
(Thanks for your good wishes about Mr RTS’s job interview – he’s gone back today for a second round. I’m writing this while he’s out, so won’t know anything until later today.) After my last post I...
View ArticleComfy Clothes Update
First up, I honestly thought I had written to say that Mr RTS got the job he was going for last time I posted. I must have written the post in my head, but not in reality! Anyway – he got the job....
View ArticleMy First Tiramisu (that didn’t quite work)
If you read here regularly you may be aware that I’ve bought quite a few fabrics with the intention of making Steph’s Tiramisu dress. I’ve never bought as many fabrics for one pattern before (except...
View ArticlePurple Plaid Pyjamas ….
….. sorry – couldn’t resist the alliteration. Before I post about my newest sewing project, I have decided that I really should have made a New Year Resolution – I must learn (and bother) to take...
View ArticlePurple Plaid Skirt – Vogue V1247
After cutting out my purple plaid PJ pants (an even better alliteration) I had enough remnants to also cut out another Vogue 1247 skirt. With a bit of shuffling I could possibly have just cut out a...
View ArticleWhen a TNT is Neither Tried nor True
After my last post I realised that I have sewn two version of the Simplicity 3696 PJ top in a size Large and neither of them fits me properly. This pattern is a TNT when it becomes a knee-length,...
View ArticleTaking a Break
I’m going to take a break from sewing for a while, which means I won’t be blogging either. For the past week or so I have done pretty much nothing (at all, not just sewing) and last night I realised...
View ArticleTrying Out New Readers
If you got a notification today that I’d unsubscribed from your WordPress blog – I haven’t. I’m trying out different RSS Readers after the news of the demise of Google Reader and I thought I’d give...
View ArticleCriticism is Good (Or BitchFest 2013)
No, I haven’t sewn anything since my last post, and right now I have zero intention of sewing. I need to sort out my summer clothes first and see if I still have too many before I add more to my...
View ArticleCriticism is Good (Part 2)
I didn’t mean to post and run, but life got in the way and it’s taken me a little while to get around to writing this follow-up post (although the ideas for it have been rattling around in my head for...
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