I’ve started volunteering in my little area. Nothing exciting – some dog walking, shopping, stuff that just helps. Because I have a linear mind, I’ve made forms for people to register their needs, and a website for the information to go onto. Right now, we […]
Week one: The Journey Begins
So I have started the blended learning course. I’m also doing another about teaching online soon. This is timely since all teaching has gone online for our university. This is the course and I would recommend it just to get the materials even if you […]
Current Situation
It seems someone else does look at this blog, so… hi, whoever you are. I feel less like I am speaking into the silent void. Although it is equally likely you are a bot that wants me to look at the website… I know this […]
Pattern Adjustments
In my frustration this morning, I tweeted a plea to #SewingTwitter for help – if there was a service that could adjust the patterns for me, so they are right. Very kindly, RoseAnnieFlo tweeted back to me! So, a new adventure awaits as well as […]
Anna Dress – By Hand London
So, a new challenge! The Anna Dress, By Hand London – This is a dress that looks simple and elegant and gets rave reviews for the simplicity of making it. Probably those raving at the ones who can just cut from the pattern and aren’t […]
Dress for the Daughter…
So, I think it might be easier to fit someone else rather than on me! So, this is a nice dress for my daughter, and in a pattern suitable for someone who teaches primary school children. Obviously, because it is a pattern, it isn’t in […]
First solo project continued.
So, this was shelved for Christmas because I had a houseful of people and rather lost any spare energy. Kindly though, my daughter bought me some actual pattern paper which is SO much easier than thick craft paper. I had played with the pattern using […]
Load Balancing
So I have bipolar II which is the lower mood one of the bipolar disorder family. Overextending myself over Christmas really meant a crash recently. Rebalancing the load means, now I have some energy back, I must not rush to do all of the things… […]
Bodyform!
So the gorgeous Mr Jin-Shei bought me a lovely sewing dummy for Christmas. These are fabulous and makes life a lot easier except (you might see this coming) they don’t actually make them in my size. So, having expanded it as far as it goes, […]
A solo project…
So I liked the D pattern of this. First step, untangle the giant pieces of paper. They come with a list of which you need for each of these, and so I have only those I need for D ready to be cut. Size-wise I […]