It's not exactly surprising that I made very little in 2020. Having zero school, childcare or support from March to September drained me and my creativity vanished. Therefore doing my usual quarterly One Year Sewn posts have felt particularly pointless this year - I made very little and would only have one or two garments…
I am trying to be a bit more timely in my publishing of One Year Sewn posts this year, although I've been thinking about it and I am not sure how much use they will be this year? I did sew several garments in 2020 but the garments that I made haven't seen the usual…
Phew! Every single One Year Sewn post this year has been late. I'm going to try and get them on time next year! Anyway, this post is to look back at what I had sewn in September, October and November of 2019. This season marks the beginning of my real big slow down of making…
Happy September! It's Sew Yourself Sustainable month, organised by The New Craft House they are spending the whole month celebrating sustainable sewing. So, I am hoping to try and make this month's blog posts particularly relevant to the themes. I thought writing the next edition of my One Year Sewn series might be a good…
You may remember that I have been trying to actively look back at clothes I made a year ago in an attempt to evaluate my style, make sure I am not making clothes that I won't wear and reminding myself to repair or refashion garments that for whatever reason, didn't work out. I have done…
This is the second part of my One Year Sewn series where I go back and look at makes I made a year ago and see if they are washing and wearing well. I hope to make my clothes last and so I am using this as a useful exercise in examining why things maybe…
I've had a few conversations recently about revisiting older makes and talking about how they are wearing six months or one year on. So I've decided to do a #oneyearon spotlight on makes that I made a year ago and examining how they are doing. Are they being worn? If not, why not? Is the…
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