"A sewing machine, a sewing machine, a girl's best friend, If I didn't have my sewing machine, I'd come to no good end" I have just been forwarded a link to this fab song where Betty Hutton gives it her all in the 1947 film The Perils of Pauline. The most ironic thing is that my aunt used to sing this to me. She changed the words to washing machine and… READ MORE

Want to learn to sew with us? We have a selection of workshops coming up over the half term break. In Chichester we are making a simple shift dress on Friday 29th of May. Choose a Birdie dress, or from any of the shift dresses in our children's range that takes your fancy. Workshop runs from 10am and should finish about 3pm, though we will continue… READ MORE