Posts filed under: 2016

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Burda 6849 Pattern Review

Hello chums. I am back after an epic 3 week family holiday – I then needed a holiday to recover from being the operations manager of said holiday :-). After... Read More
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Snap! I made trousers! TROUSERS! Butterick B5895

Trousers people! I made trousers! Ok Ok calm down. Hello everyone. I am super excited to share these trousers that have turned out to be a very wearable muslin. I... Read More
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Burda 2/2016 #105 Pattern Review

Updated 1/5/2021 I made a second top from the February issue of Burda. When I stepped out for the photoshoot hubs started chanting “Go Leeds Rhinos!”. That’s because this simple... Read More
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Sewaholic Renfrew Pt. 2

  Hello all! Happy Wednesday! All good things happen on a Wednesday – at least thats what I like to tell myself. My good thing is I have time to... Read More
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Sewaholic Patterns Renfrew Top Review Cowl Neck - saturday night stitch

Sewaholic Patterns Renfrew Top Review

Sewaholic Patterns Renfrew Top Review of the cowl neck view.... Read More
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Simplicity 1317 Sewing Pattern Review

Hello chums! Happy Mothers Day! I had a great day with many little surprises from the family. For starters my pale light coloured walls were transformed into a post modernist... Read More
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Another self drafted pencil sirt

Hello everyone! This a fabric that I had been dreading to cut because of fear of pattern matching. Too many times I brought the fabric out and started pinning trying to match... Read More
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Burda 2/2016 #103 Review

Hello everyone, When my February issue of BurdaStyle magazine came through the postbox, I eagerly tore it open. It was brimming with patterns I liked and felt I could make. The... Read More

Spring Watch

Hello everyone, Quick post sharing some of my spring spotting ventures. I desperately want out of the winter and have been looking for signs of promise of the warmer seasons.... Read More
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McCalls M6886 Pattern Review in Pink Ponte Fabric

McCalls Ladies Easy Sewing Pattern 6886 After a resounding success with sewing up my last M6886 made for Christmas 2016 (link here), I immediately set to work on the next one. You see,... Read More
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Burda 01/2016 #101 pattern review

Burda 1/2016 #101 Review

Burda 01/2016 #101 I have been sewing for a while but had yet to tackle sewing activewear. Here is my pattern review for Burdastyle 01/2016 #101. Yoga entered my life... Read More
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I am a Yorkshire Spoolette!

I started blogging purely as a way to catalog my sewing makes. In the past I had always been an anonymous reader of blogs but never really reached out and got... Read More
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