Category Archives: Fabric shops

Visit to Halifax

Posted on September 2, 2016 by craftycreeky

I spent a lovely few hours in Halifax yesterday. Halifax is a town about 20 miles from here so it was two buses and a train to get there, but it was worth it… Bankfield Museum is on the edge … Continue reading →

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Fabric Shop Heaven!

Posted on June 29, 2016 by craftycreeky

I’ve been to fabric shop heaven again, AKA Goldhawk Road in West London! I went for the first time last year and was a bit overawed by the sight of fifteen or so fabric shops all next-door to each other,this … Continue reading →

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Eva Dress

Posted on February 23, 2016 by craftycreeky

A few weeks ago I saw a photo on a Pinterest page belonging to Laurie of Sew Exhausted, it’s a great page as it’s full of free patterns. Two caught my eye, one of them was the Eva dress, isn’t … Continue reading →

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Archers Button-up Take 2

Posted on February 22, 2016 by craftycreeky

I was so pleased with my first Archers shirt I cut another one out straight away. The pattern is from Grainline and I’m pretty smitten with it! I’ve given a fuller review of the pattern in my post about my … Continue reading →

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Archers Button-up Shirt

Posted on February 18, 2016 by craftycreeky

I’ve been eyeing up the Archers shirt pattern for a while on various blogs so when I was down in Birmingham perusing independent patterns in the Guthrie and Ghani shop, it was the ideal time to finally have a good … Continue reading →

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Butterick 6258 again!

Posted on February 10, 2016 by craftycreeky

Last week I made yet another couple of items from Butterick 6258 it seems to  be the pattern of the season as I’ve now made five cardigans, two tops and a skirt! When I was visiting London last year I … Continue reading →

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Yorkshire Spoolettes meet again

Posted on February 8, 2016 by craftycreeky

I had an amazing, if exhausting time on Saturday! Ali AKA Thimberlina had organised the second meet-up of the Yorkshire Spoolettes and sewing bloggers from all over the north of England descended on the fabric shops of Dewsbury, a couple … Continue reading →

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The Highs and Lows of Sewing!

Posted on January 13, 2016 by craftycreeky

I felt a bit despondent with my sewing yesterday, I started sewing a shirt just after Christmas and it was one of those that seemed to go wrong from the start. It was  a classic case of wrong pattern for the … Continue reading →

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Fabric Free December?

Posted on November 7, 2015 by craftycreeky

This post appeared on the So Sew Easy Chatroom facebook page today; Good morning ladies, I posted a challenge yesterday about no fabric buying December and got an overwhelming response so I decided to make up some rules for it. … Continue reading →

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Sewing knits; Butterick 6258

Posted on October 14, 2015 by craftycreeky

A couple of weeks ago I went on a great course at the Yorkshire School of Sewing to learn  to use my overlocker, it inspired me to conquer my fear of sewing knits and jerseys! A few days after I … Continue reading →

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