It is the year's midnight, or Hogmanay, as we Scots call it, and a time for taking stock, and reviewing the old year. So I've been looking back at As it Seams, and how my little blog has grown and changed. Of course it's not actually a year. I only launched As it Seams in May, when blown away by the world of...

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There's something about a red dress that I can't resist. I've got a few, and now I've transferred my red dress obsession to Missy. This is Missy's Christmas dress, sewn late at night in December evenings, rushed, unpicked, restitched and fiddled with.     It's also the very first Take one Dress creation, sowing/sewing the seed for my exciting 2014 guest series. See here...

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I'm so (sew) excited about 2014! I started blogging less than a year ago and I've been stumbling around the online sewing community exploring this network of creativity.  It's all about sharing ideas and inspiration, and I'm enjoying it more and more... Which is why, when I had a moment of inspiration, I decided to share it. And by sharing my idea, I've...

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Normally my blog posts 'unveil' the latest creation. But this time I'm going to do things the 'wrong way round'. I'm going to share a little of my 'sewing thinking' first... And hopefully start something big.... If you saw my recent post (New York Pumpkin Spice Latte Quest) you'll know that I returned across the Atlantic with this dress. It's not something I'm...

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I like deadlines.  In my other life, I'm a journalist and deadlines are everything. And I always, always take things to the wire. So when Marte at Compagnie M asked me to test her Louisa Dress pattern, with a six-day deadline, I thought; "Yes, a deadline -  my kind of sewing project!" Then Missy got sick, nothing serious, but I had to take...

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