I had a fab message in this week from Sarah Cassie with a great bit of then and now. Sarah, who is a textiles teacher, has been recycling some of her mum's vintage Clothkits pieces into new dresses for her gorgeous daughter. The little blue dress was once-upon-a-time a sundress identical to the one in the picture below (apparently Mrs Cassie Snr loved it so much she had… READ MORE

I was recently interviewed for both Sew Hip and Sew magazine (comes out in July so I am told) about whether I still sew for pleasure - absolutely! I get less time to get out the machine in the working day (too much shuffling papers from one side of my desk to another) but I find it a very relaxing distraction at weekends. A bit of a busmans… READ MORE