Me-made Festdrakt

Where it started… I have always had an interest in historical costumes, and the Norwegian ‘bunad‘ is one I have known and admired since I was a child. My grandmother is born in Norway, and even though she left at a young age after the war, she passed Norwegian culture…

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A pattern review for Love Sewing Magazine

Last year I got to do a pattern review for issue 77 (February 2020) of Love Sewing Magazine. I made the garment at home, wrote a pattern review, and then I was invited for a professional photoshoot! It was such a lovely experience and even though the pattern review is…

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A week in my life… 2020

It’s been almost exactly one year since I wrote this blog post: ‘A week in my life’ in which I documented my daily tasks for a whole week. It was something I did mostly for myself, so it would remind me of what our life was like in 2019, a…

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A week in my life…

Time flies. That’s nothing new. I now just seem to realise it more than ever before. I look at my daughter Mint and think when did you get so big? How are you suddenly talking and walking around when it feels like yesterday I was holding a tiny little baby…

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The Sewing Weekender 2017

HOORAY! Three months from now I’ll be attending the Sewing Weekender for my second year, and I could not be more excited even if I tried! Last year tickets for this event sold out in less than 20 minutes and I was really (I mean REALLY) gutted I just missed…

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