Author: Ruth Singer

First sewing resolution project of 2010 is a needle roll for my double pointed knitting needles. I was spurred on by my friend Sarah who suggested this as a co-crafting project for our social evenings / afternoons in the studio. She’s made one too, but more subtle and not quite as complicated! This took considerably…

This weekend the Guardian / Observer are putting out a free 2-part guide on fixing stuff yourself instead of paying someone else to do it.They very kindly asked me to do the bit about repairing your clothes, so I HEARTILY recommend crawling out of bed on Sunday to get a copy of the Observer with…

There’s a beautiful home / workspace on Bloesem today including this great thread display / storage idea. The scarves on ladder idea is one I really like too, but don’t have the space for it at home. I’ve got an old clothes horse in the studio which I use for displays, but have pondered using…

I got a commission to make an Amelia brooch and a handful of tiny rosebuds from scraps from Vicky’s wedding dress. They have now been safely received ready for the wedding next week. Making the Amelia brooch was fun, I have made about a gazillion in my time, but the rosebuds were a little more…

Defiance N3 I now realise I should have used this photo to illustrate my sewing resolutions post the other day. But I didn’t think of it, and now it will simply be used to illustrate this defiance-free post. I am getting out and about…. Next week: —————————————————–ADDED GLAMOUR THROUGH THE AGESWednesday 13th January Lecture and…

Way way back in late November I ran a workshop for teachers, in the depths of Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This is the kind of work I don’t really mind doing. It rained almost all the time but I enjoyed it nonetheless. And I got to stay with my best mate for the long weekend as…

as promised a somewhat better picture of the purple zebra dress. I perhaps should have ironed it a little. Oh well. Details of the binding. This worked really well on the medium-weight linen-y fabric. And finally a mention of my little black dress that I made almost a year ago for a February party. Full…

Now here is a book title designed for just this very moment. Wool. Quilts. Wood fires. Hibernating. Mmmmm. Quilt it with Wool by Lark Book is about to come out in the US and in the UK in March and among the many excellent projects, there is one by me. Although having said all that…

Pattern and instructions for this bag available now in the January issue of Popular Patchwork I’ve got a spare copy of the magazine to give away. Leave a comment to be in with a chance. The bag itself will be in my January sale, which will be online sometime in January….. once the tax return…

I have decided to set myself a sewing challenge this year. Work is (at present) looking less manic than last year – hurrah! – so I want to make the most of it and get some sewing done for myself.So this is the plan: At the start of each month I decide on a project…