The vast majority of sewing projects that I work on are patterns that I’ve bought and I’m making them from scratch.  I very rarely take...

Nine weeks down, 27 challenges completed and three contestants left!  The final of The Great British Sewing Bee was last night!  Did you...

Semi final week on the Great British Sewing Bee 2025!  The series is going by so quickly!  Only Caz, Kit, Yasmin and Orla left fighting...

Last night’s Great British Sewing Bee was a bit of a horror show wasn’t it? ;-). Or at least the Made to Measure Challenge was anyway!...

Only six contestants left now on this year’s Great British Sewing Bee!  It's one of the only TV programmes that I watch live these days...

Did you watch last night’s episode?  This week it was all about children’s wear and the seven remaining contestants were tasked with...

This week’s episode of the Great British Sewing Bee 2025 was right up my street!  (Every episode is for obvious reasons but this one...

Week two of the Great British Sewing Bee 2025 didn’t disappoint!  As we found out last week, two people were guaranteed to leave in the...

Did you tune into the first episode of 2025’s Great British Sewing Bee last night?  It was great to meet all of the new contestants and...

I generally feel that I am always behind the curve when it comes to seasonal sewing.  A lot of people start planning their next season...

When I first started dressmaking, it didn’t really occur to me that there was any other way of making your own clothes aside from using...

I often get asked where I buy my fabric for sewing and dressmaking and currently I’m not on a fabric buying ban as such, but I’m trying...

Its that time of year again when thoughts turn to spooky goings on, thinking about whether I have enough sweets in the house to give to...

I didn’t think I would be writing this blog…..I thought I had missed out.  The Gabrielle Chanel Fashion Manifesto exhibition at the V & A...

I had heard good things about fabric shopping in Leeds but had never actually visited....until last week that is! Armed with my list of...

Last year I went to visit two excellent fashion exhibitions.  One in Manchester - Unpicking Couture - and one in Edinburgh – Beyond the...

As December is just round the corner, party season is almost upon us which only means one thing…..which Christmas party dress can we sew...

As the days are getting shorter and the nights are drawing in, my mind has turned to Autumn / Winter sewing. The first category that...

What do dressmakers dream of? Finding the perfect fabric for a new project? Realising that the blouse they have just made fits to...

On a beautiful bright, sunny morning last week I took the train to York to take part in York Fashion Week 2023 (Part two). I first heard...