I was chatting to a friend who reads my blog posts when they pop up on Facebook, and he wanted to know why I’d been making such a lot of underwear recently. There are two reasons, really. When my latest work contract came to an end, I thought that making simple little knickers would be [...]
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I keep seeing this venn diagram popping up all over the place. It belongs to Bud Caddell, and accompanies an interesting post on how to be happy in business. I ventured up into the loft the other day, to dig out some coat hangers to take the skirts and dresses down to Tiger Lilly. This [...]
Smocking workshop this weekend
Posted in embroidery, FAQ, sewing on Sep 16th, 2009
Just a quick reminder that this weekend is my smocking workshop at the Museum of English Rural Life. Today is the very last day that you can sign up – in fact you’ve got about an hour and a half left if you want to secure a place! The course runs from 2:15-4:15 on both [...]
This is why I write tutorials.
Posted in corsages, FAQ, inspiration, photos, sewing, skirts on Sep 11th, 2009
Pink Salamander made a skirt, using my Gathered Skirt Tutorial. The bird fabric is from IKEA – isn’t it adorable? You can read all about the project over on Burda Style. Ariane had a go at the Flower Brooch Tutorial, and came up with these gorgeous creations. Not having a huge stash of buttons, she [...]
Head in the clouds.
Posted in FAQ, inspiration, writing on Jun 26th, 2009
I started working for myself for two reasons. I went to an event with a lot of independent traders, and came home thinking “I could do better than that”. And I did. For a while. I became frustratingly and unpredictably ill. Working for myself gave me the flexibility I needed to work as much as [...]
This week I got myself into a terrible state trying to write up my CV for the Museum of English Rural Life. One of the difficulties with being self-employed is that it’s often necessary to take part time or seasonal work, to make sure you have some form of income during those quiet patches. Unfortunately, [...]
This is what I’ve been up to today – making an enormous flower brooch using suffolk puff (yo yo) techniques. I’ve written up a tutorial for you, if you’d like to make your own!
Just so’s you know…
Posted in FAQ on Jun 22nd, 2008
All of the entries prior to this one were imported from my two LiveJournals – Design By Claire and Eternal Magpie. I’m keeping the Eternal Magpie Livejournal, as I’ll be using it to participate in a number of communities there, but I’ll try and keep duplication to a minimum.
Doing My Homework.
Posted in FAQ on Jan 25th, 2008
Last week I received an email from Kirsty, who’s studying Fashion and Textile Technology. She asked whether I would mind answering some questions about using recycled textiles, for a project that she’s doing. here are her questions, and my answers… 1. Where do you source your fabrics from? For recycled fabrics I usually go to [...]