Much like I want to be gentle with myself next year, I do like setting goals and intentions! As mentioned, my sewing time is going to be significantly reduced compared to 2021. I’m going back to full time work – which is exciting! it’s a role I really want and
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2021: A Year
It sure has been a year, hasn’t it? We: got married, got a puppy, survived an ongoing pandemic, took a little holiday in Wales, and I’ve got a new job to start in January. For a year that feels like a blur of blank spaces and lockdowns we’ve still managed
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
It is Christmas day and the puppy and I are watching the Nutcracker ballet whilst wishing I’d bought more cheese. We watched the Muppets Christmas Carol last night and opened our presents and it’s all been wonderful and even though things are really tough I feel festive and loved. I
Chatter: It’s August?!
Where has the summer gone already? This week I started preparing the pattern pieces for my Cashmerette Auburn blazer which is going to be my next Minerva Brand Ambassador project in the most fabulous wool-blend tweed. I’m daydreaming about bound buttonholes and getting very impatient for the ‘weft interfacing’ I
Me Made May 2021
It’s June 1st, so Me Made May 2021 is officially finished – what better time to have a bit of a reflect! I’ve never ‘participated’ in MMM before. I didn’t do a whole lot this year either, to be honest, but I did successfully complete the one dress I intended
A Considered Wardrobe
I went all-in on the curated visual diet approach to social media recently, and in doing so I’ve found myself following a lot more people who talk about their sustainability efforts. I think there’s a big overlap between the fat space and the environmental space, because both are about the
Organisation
Now that I am deeply committed to several substantial projects, time management really comes into play. This week I made a proper timetable of the dates I am free to sew and my expectations of what I can achieve on those days. Working back from the deadline, it means I
2021 Project Planning
I don’t want to jinx this new upcoming year but I do want to make a note of the things I’ve got coming up! In my gorgeous newly-organised office space I’ve got a whiteboard now, which should keep me on track, but that’ll get erased – I thought it would
End of 2020
And what a year it’s been. Obviously coming into 2020 no one knew we’d end up in one of the strangest and most dangerous periods of our lives to date. I’m 30 and have never experienced anything like this – I’m lucky enough to have come after the AIDS crisis
Minerva Makers, chit-chat and Christmas
I am delighted to be able to share that I’ve joined the #MinervaMakers brigade! A while ago now I applied for the scheme, in which Minerva.com send bloggers fabric in exchange for posts and social media activity about their project and the material. I didn’t hear back so assumed they