When I sorted the photos for this post, I unthinkingly called the photo file 'Common Blouse', because I took the pictures on the typically English common near our home. Then the name has somehow stuck. A Common Blouse. This isn't a blouse that's breaking any new ground style-wise. But I love it just the same. And it's also been a real wardrobe staple -...




My mum has just spent the weekend with me - a rare visit from her home 400 miles away. And it was lovely showing her all my latest sewing projects. I had forgotten just what a great seamstress she is. She made all the clothes for me and my sister. She didn't so much teach me, as let me absorb and observe. She...