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Top Tips : How to Undo Overlocking
So, if like me, you have ever accidentally overlocked something and then needed to unpick it, this one is for you... So, step one is to...

Let There Be Light! And embroidery!
Having assembled the fronts and back panels of the jacket, and joined them together at the shoulder and side seams, I now have a sort-of...

It has all gone a bit 3D!
Pad stitching galore in the making of this Victorian walking jacket. Horsehair canvas is shown being attached onto the front jacket panels.

First cut is the deepest, or so the song says...
Once I had worked out which patterns I would be using, the next step was cut the pattern pieces in my gorgeous green wool from Abraham...

Me? Competitive? Nah...
So, having decided that I absolutely *had* to enter the Foundations Revealed competition, then came the task of finding something that I...

Hello 2022! What have you got in store for me?
After much hemming-and-hawwing over the past six months, I have made a number of decisions about the directions that I want to take...










