Category Archives: sewing

I made a draught excluder!

I know, stop press, right?  But I am inordinately pleased with my little door pillow.  Our flat is old, with big gaps under the doors and the heat just creeps out, kilowatt hour by kilowatt hour.  Until today, we’d been … Continue reading

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Covered buttons

A friend made me a couple of dresses to wear to the millions of weddings I’m going to this summer (she is a seamstres, and I paid her her usual reasonable rate.  Even with the Liberty  fabric I splashed out … Continue reading

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Patchwork plans

‘The ultimate in recycling!’ exclaimed the sign.  Josie and I were in the Fairtrade shop underneath St. Michael at the Northgate looking for a present for her niece, and I had noticed a basket full of remnants from a cloth … Continue reading

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