There's a little green door in the market place in my  town which is the gateway to 'Tutankhamun's treasure' for the sewing addict...   For the last 30 years Mary has run a market stall, selling old china, crockery, bedlinen, furniture and more. And if you ask her nicely, she'll let you rummage around in her market place 'gloryhole,' or store cupboard. And,...

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When the request to test a prototype pattern arrives, what is a girl to do? Especially when it's the newest  Straight Grain pattern, the Hanami blouse... It might be holiday season, my son might be off school, I might be juggling work, and packing holiday gear for a camping trip (did I just use the word 'holiday' with 'camping?'  I'm not convinced they...

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The morning after a night of midnight sewing, this newest dress was unveiled to Missy. But it was my son, Torin who had a 'love at first sight' moment. "Missy, you have to dance!"  he said. Within moments he  was swinging her around the living room presenting their own ballet of Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice (why, oh why, wasn't my camera to hand?) Indeed,...

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This has definitely been the dress of the summer.  Washed and worn loads and every time Missy puts it on it makes me smile. It is, of course, An of Straightgrain's bubble dress pattern. I confess I'm a Straightgrain groupie, and it was this dress that got me started with this whole blogging thing. My photo doesn't do justice to that bubble skirt...

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Hurray.... Missy's sunhat has been found! It's been washed up on the tide of a 'tidy-up' at our dear friend's home!   It's resurfaced just in time for another seaside holiday. We're all off to the coast again and a break from sewing and blogging. But with so many projects in the pipeline waiting for my return, I'll be posting back here soon...

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If you haven't yet stumbled across the Secret Squirrel project  then, be warned. Secret Squirrel can be addictive. In a nutshell, (!) Secret Squirrel is spreading a sewing mission across blogs and continents. Each month squirrel passes on five different 'Acorns'  as the basis of a sewing project. For a fuller explanation see here. For July, Secret Squirrel's acorns, as 'planted' by Sewpony...

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