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A New Sewing Site: Kollabora (Plus a Contest!)

Have you heard of Kollabora.com? It’s a new community site developed by the creators of Burdastyle, featuring not only sewing projects but knitting, embroidery and jewelry projects as well. Kollabora, in their words, is a new community for people who like to make things. (Want to know more? Check out the video here.) The site [...]

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My Sewing Circle, Your Sewing Circle?

Hey everyone! When we talked about our sewing lists spiralling out of control, a couple of people lamented that there was nothing quite like Ravelry for organizing our sewing queue. Then Alessa mentioned MySewingCircle.com – a fairly new website that’s based on the Ravelry concept but hasn’t really ‘stuck’ yet. (Or maybe all the cool [...]

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Online Fabric Shopping: The Big List!

Wow! What an amazing response to yesterday’s post on where to buy fabric online. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences. It’s much better when you can buy with confidence, knowing other people have had great experiences with an online fabric shop. I like to know when I’m going to get excellent fabrics and excellent [...]

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Guest Post: Caroline on Sewing Waterproof Outerwear

Hey, everyone! I’m super excited to have Caroline of Little Package as a guest on the blog today. Caroline has been a long-time reader of the blog – you’ve likely seen her name come up in the comments before! She’s combined her love of sewing with her love of cycling to create Little Package, offering [...]

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Vintage Fabric Finds

Vintage Fabric Finds

I can’t go on Etsy unless I know I have hours to spend. It’s an endless treasure chest of pretty homemade and vintage goodies, especially vintage fabric! Up till now, all I’ve been doing is admiring a long list of favourites I dream of owning. But now, a little section of my favourites list is [...]

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Promote yourself with cute business cards on Moo

Promote yourself with cute business cards on Moo

To help promote my site – and because I’ve always wanted my own personal business card – I ordered some very cool cards on Moo.com. Yes, I know I don’t need them… but I was so thrilled when they arrived in the mail! I was looking for cards that were cuter and less corporate than [...]

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