Craft
How Not to Make Avocado Buttons
Or: “It all looked better on Instagram”. Sometimes I get nice ideas for craft sent to me by thoughtful friends. In the past week, both my teen and an Instagram friend sent me this reel, showing how to make buttons from avocado seeds. With avocados in the house, plentiful and cheap, I took this as…
Read MoreThe Handiness of a Tiny Pincushion, with Free Pattern
Sharp-eyed readers may notice some similarities between the covers of the books I’ve done: they all have sewing tools on the cover, and some tools feature on all three covers. In particular, The Dressmaker’s Companion and Zero Waste Sewing have a round blue pincushion (the free pattern for which is here). I was very keen…
Read MoreIndigo Fabric meets Xanthea
Coming up this month, I’m presenting a course in collaboration with Kate Ward. The course combines learning how to create special fabrics using indigo with sewing a zero waste Xanthea top. Xanthea is a zero waste pattern I published in 2021 and is my most popular pattern. It comes in 19 sizes to fit up…
Read MoreMaking Zen Online Retreat
Coming up later this month, I’m presenting a session at the Making Zen Online Retreat. This is a FREE online event that goes for 5 days, from Monday 15th – Friday 19th of May. It’s a 5 day happening where stitchers and crafters can learn new processes, improve their techniques and get inspired. If you’re…
Read MoreCompostable Clothes
Last week I unleashed the first part of A Year of Zero Waste Sewing, which you can download for free in this blog post. In it, I talked about fastenings for clothes which are compostable. I found the whole subject so fascinating and discovered lots more than could ever be fitted into a small booklet,…
Read MoreHoliday macramé
Hi Everyone! Happy New Year – I guess I can just say that before January ends! It’s still school holidays here, although the carefree days are drawing to a close. At the beginning of the holidays, I thought it would be fun to try a few new crafts together, with one of them being macramé.…
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