Sewing jeans

Jeans are my favourite thing to sew. They take ages but I get tremendous satisfaction from the slow process. I want them […]

Black Latch Magic

Black Latch Magic Heavy fabrics needing heavier threads? Topstitching? Sometimes a bit of a challenge? … Over the years that […]

Playing with stripes

  ‘Vertical stripes make you look taller and thinner.’ ‘Don’t wear horizontal stripes if you are curvy.’ ‘Cut along the straight grain.’ Heard this […]

Fate and Free Will

Sometimes we get so comfortable doing what we are doing that we forget there are other ways to live. And […]

Projet Fou Bohin

Follow this link to see some amazing quilting work – all done on Bernina machines!   http://lesnewsfp.canalblog.com/albums/projet_fou_bohin/index.html      

Solar Powered Sewing

Solar Powered Sewing Have you ever wondered how to sew with your Bernina Sewing Machines, whilst travelling extensively through remote […]

Fabric Recommendations

My approach to sewing is a bit like my approach to cooking. The recipe asks for vegetable oil. Surely olive […]

Upcycling jeans

After making these dungarees for my daughter, out of my husbands unwanted jeans, he now knows that his trash is my […]