As I do for nearly everything nowadays, one day I thought to look online for sewing patterns and my world changed! I stumbled upon the concept of electronic patterns by independent designers! My, my, my. Isn’t it grand!! The internet was made for this! If anyone is ever interested in picking sewing as a hobby, […]
Sewing Then & Now Part I: Sewing Machines
If I really thought about it at all, I may have thought that sewing was a dark art. Mum never swore, as I understand the term today, but she was known to explode with a heartfelt “Damn and Blast” when taking on a sewing machine. If Mum was doing buttonholes, it was time to disappear. […]
Sewing Then & Now – An Introduction
This is an introduction to the new series, “Then Vs. Now” Sewing. Numerous, vivid memories of my childhood and my Mum are permanently interwoven with sewing. My earliest memories in this world consist of being dragged through fabric stores as a child. Back then, it just seemed the most monotonous, tiresome thing to do in […]