Hi all, I’ve had quite a busy period over the last couple of months, so you won’t have heard from me much. Holiday, family birthdays, life – sometimes you’ve just got to go out there and live it. But mid July, my good friend Sarah from Like Sew Amazing setup a popup shop so that… Read More July update and what’s next

Last week’s make was the Ogden Cami by True Bias. It’s strange that I’m so used to having loads of photos of the making process and “what Nickie learned along the way”. But this was rustled up in such a short amount of time that I just have a few hastily taken photos of the… Read More Ogden Cami by True Bias

So the only sweet respite from this infernal and persistent heatwave we’re having in the UK is an occasional nice breeze like we’ve got today. But I realise then that I’ve had a whole load of towels strewn everywhere in doorways, to stop the doors slamming shut from having every window in the house as… Read More Doorstops

Hi, I just thought I’d share some thoughts I’m in the middle of, after having a colour consultation on Friday. Firstly I should say that I feel like I’m still processing this, so I’m sure my thoughts are still new and need work and will develop. I’m probably gonna babble too… #sorrynotsorry #thatsthepointofbloggingisntit So basically… Read More My Colour Consultation

Well this was a fun little make – I could rustle it up in no time. When I saw this, I immediately knew that I wanted to make something where the back and the sleeves were of one colour, and then the front was another, so if you’re looking at it from the front, it… Read More Bronte top by Jennifer Lauren

This spring, I wanted to enter into the Instagram challenge “Sew Together for Summer”, as I’ve been wanting to make a wrap dress to see if it suited me. I looked around for a wrap dress that would feel like my kinda thing, and Sew Sarah Smith had some suggestions. I noticed the Highlands Wrap… Read More The Highlands Wrap Dress by Allie Olson at Indie Sew

Hi guys, So my Me Made May pledge was to try to blog about how I was doing, as we went through the month. As the first two weeks for me have been 3 day working weeks, no point in making it any more frequent than that. Plus these first two weeks have been to… Read More Me Made May 1st Fortnight