Confined Crafting

Today I thought I would share some of the very basic mistakes I've realised I'm making when I sew clothes... I'm entirely self-taught and working things out as I go along, so there are lots of 'oops' moments. That's fine - learning to sew is helping me to confront my perfectionism and understand how valuable errors can be. Mishap Number 1 : This is so obvious that I'm cringing to think about it!! I'm not the most 3D thinker which means sometimes it's hard to visualise how patterns go together. I understand that sewing patterns are all about getting a flat cut out piece of fabric to shape and mould around a lumpy curvy human figure, but that theoretical understanding doesn't always translate to understanding why a pattern is doing something specific.  So I was making an Assembly Line Cuff Dress and trying to sew up the bodice and I was struggling to get the pattern pieces to match up in a way that felt 'right' to me, that is, I had the id...

It's been a few months since I wrote a blog post. Life, work, kids, pandemic - it all got a bit hectic and I haven't had headspace to sit and write anything here. That's not to say I haven't been creative or crafting. I have. In fact I wanted to reopen the blog with a brief musing on how important it felt to me to continue crafting even though at numerous points over the summer I was stressed, pushed for time and exhausted.  Cecilia 'helping' me by sitting on some new makes I was photographing. During this time keeping up some creative activity was vital. There were days that I struggled through while constantly feeling an almost physical urge to go and make something. It gave me a focus, a calm and a sense of achievement outside of everything else that was going on. And it's just lovely to make something, even if some of the seams are wonky or the lines of stitching could be neater! I'll aim to recap a few of the makes I worked on over the summer, while...