Category: Ruth Singer

Just when I thought it was safe to look at the Clothkits website. More temptation. Now spring is almost here, its time for this skirt to come out of hibernation again!

Almost a year ago I stocked up on some dressmaking patterns and prophetically titled my blog Wishful Thinking. I wasn’t wrong. I started making the Threads jacket in September last year. Not in the red I originally planned (that became this dress), but in pink wool and handwoven silk (which, looking back at Flickr, I…

I had a piece listed on an Etsy Treasury page today (one of the book kits – this one the Falling Blossom decoration). Its always lovely to be featured in one of these and this one is in particularly good company. I LOVE the Anenome blouse. Luckily its teeny weeny and wont fit me, so…

Life continues to fly by at an alarming rate. Work doesn’t half take up the sewing time! Ho hum. However, I still managed, a few weeks ago, to do a spot of shopping on Folksy, the new UK-based online shopfront for people who make stuff. I was only passing through, just looking, honestly. This stopped…

In the tradition of Slow Food, my next book is all about slow sewing; being eco, buying small, taking things gently, appreciating old stuff, not chasing the new. It is a slow book. But it is coming together fast just now. Text is speeding from my fingers onto the page. Photos are coming together. I…

I’ve had a lump of plastazote* knocking around the studio for ages. I kind of knew there was something I could do with it, if only I could work out what that was. Eventually I worked out it was destined to be the pinboard I so desperately need by my desk at home. What fabrics…

Fun with friends out and about (photo courtesy of the social secretary) New yarn (Lang Mille Colori) Plus Selvedge too. The Meaning of Sunglasses. I’m behind the times here. I really ought to write a proper review, but I’ve not finished it yet. There seem to be about 4 different covers for this book. This…

One of the many things I learned working on Sew It Up was the importance of filler images. Nice, pretty photos of things that look good on spare pages and gaps in the book. On that book I had professional photographers doing it for me. This time I’m doing them myself. Its REALLY good fun.…

Time to confess to my secret life. I’ve mentioned a few times that things were changing around here. Nothing too exciting, but simply that I’ve got a new job. Part-time and freelance, but definitely a major piece of work which will keep me busy for most of this year. I’m project managing this, a collaborative…

When I was a child, I had a red cardboard mini-suitcase. I loved it. Absolutely loved it.I still have it, somewhere. And a bigger blue one. But the red was my first love. You can still buy them sometimes, in toy shops. I bought one for my godson a year or so ago, thinking every…