The Sweeheart Dress: Phase One
After a distinct lack of sewing of late it’s finally time for a new project – hoorah! The Sweetheart Dress is ridiculously girly and lovely for summer lazing in the park. Last week I popped into Fabric Land to pick my material and came out with a lovely lilac and white flower design. I thought … Read more
Itching to be stitching
I’ve just been catching up on the Great British Sewing Bee from Tuesday and it’s totally made me wish I had a project on the go so I could set up my sewing machine and get to work. After (sort-of) learning to crochet this week for a Sewing Bee-esque feature for work (it took me … Read more
The Kids Apron Project
As the previous post gave away, my most recent sewing project has been the Kids Apron Project. A month or so ago my niece and nephew were spending the day at my Mum & Dad’s and my niece decided to put on this apron, that I made for my Mum ages ago. And she didn’t … Read more
The Apron Project
I was going to wait and blog the Apron Project as a big ‘ol sewing post but well, I’m too impatient so here’s a sneak peek. I’ve been busy making two craft aprons for my niece and nephew’s 2nd birthdays on Sunday. (TWO already?!). I need to get a wiggle on and finish the girl … Read more
Winter forever
Sometimes you wake up in March, look out the window, and feel inspired…. There once was a time when it was sunny and warm With sunshine and flowers and green on the lawn It’s hard to imagine but it’s there in the books The beaches and ice-creams and babbling brooks Ah little one I see … Read more
Sewinspiration
I saw a tweet today about Company magazine’s style blogger awards and curiosity made me click on the link. Broadsheet Boutique is far from a style blog but when I saw they had a crafty blogger section I got a little excited! I submitted a cheeky entry because,well, it can’t hurt can it, and I … Read more
How I became a journalist on Twitter
Recently I noticed a few people on Twitter posting about their ‘Twitter archives’, and reminiscing about their hilarious first tweets and whatnot. I wondered what all the fuss was about so downloaded my own Twitter archive (details here: ). And it is kind of brilliant. My whole Twitter history (twistory?) was there – all three-and-a-half-years … Read more
Interviewing Fall Out Boy
A week and a bit ago I was sat at my desk, practically getting cold sweats with nerves as the clock clicked down to 2.45pm. You see, I was meant to be interviewing Fall Out Boy. Fall Out Boy! The band I listened to in my sixth form years, the first CD that was in … Read more
How to make a DIY Krispy Kreme doughnut fancy dress costume
There are only so many times in life that you get to dress up as a doughnut. And yes, when you do, it is exactly as good as you’d imagine. If the opportunity does arise, or we get taken over by a race of talking doughnuts and you need to blend in, it’s handy to … Read more
National Wedding Show 2013
First off lets start with the disclaimer: I’m not getting married. And for the boyfriend – don’t panic. I might be about to go doolally over the big W but it’s all in the name of the blog. So lets get all bridesmaid-zilla on it! My sister is getting married next summer and we took … Read more
Company Blogger Nomination
