Author: Lisa

  • Closet Core Pouf – Tips for Sewing

    Closet Core Pouf – Tips for Sewing

    I’ve now made two of these floor poufs by Closet Core Patterns – and I love them both! This pattern has been written about a lot in the sewing community, and is very well-loved. I completely understand why: not only do you end up with a fun and practical pouf (useful as a seat, a…

  • Ankara Etta dress and Panda Hawthorn Dress

    Ankara Etta dress and Panda Hawthorn Dress

    Two dresses in one post! The other month I sewed a wax print Ankara dress in such a horrendous rush that I ended up stupidly stressed out about it. But I am pretty happy with how it came out: Despite numerous late nights sewing, and a lot of patience and understanding from my husband (thanks…

  • Chambray Granville Shirt

    Chambray Granville Shirt

    Look, I made a thing: It’s a shirt, an actual bona-fide shirt! After not sewing anything for well over a year because there wasn’t space for my sewing machine, I moved house, dusted off the old Janome, made a cheeky Hollyburn skirt to check I still knew how to sew, and then jumped right back…

  • WIP: Gústa Knits Diamond Scarf

    WIP: Gústa Knits Diamond Scarf

    I’ve been knitting furiously this week! I’m a bit more than halfway through the diamond scarf from the pattern book I got in Iceland, Simple Knits with Gústa . I’m making it in Mosa Mjúkull, the wool made by the same designer. Every pattern in this book uses three balls of it, which I appreciated…

  • I’m back! Let’s make some stuff!

    I’m back! Let’s make some stuff!

    Hello again! I’m back! It’s been a little while, and a few things have changed. Mainly: I no longer live in Singapore! I’ve moved back to my homeland, the UK – I now live in Yorkshire, the land of gorgeous landscapes and Yorkshire puddings – and Rowan wool! Now that time is on my side,…