Author: ellen

I often get asked how to know how much fabric to buy for any given garment when you haven’t got the pattern or details with you. Well…

 On a beautiful hot sunny August Saturday six of us travelled to Wells in Somerset to have a day out and shop for fabrics. We had a…

How many times have I moved?….mmm let me see….from my bedsit at 18 to this one will be the 13th! If you include business moves it would…

On Friday 26th October five of us met at Chippenham station for our first fabric shopping trip to London! We arrived at Paddington mid morning and headed…

Aside from teaching, I am always working on private commissions, whether designing and making clothes or interior soft furnishings. This year a large portion of my time…

I have been trying to get a group of young sewers together for a regular fortnightly or monthly class, maybe after school or Saturday morning or in…