After my very disheartening first swap experience (and I can now officially confirm that I never received anything- including an acknowledgement of my gift) I wasn’t sure I wanted to try again however, one very kind commenter recommended Ravelry for swaps. I use Ravelry for patterns but didn’t even realise there are swaps on it- and there are so many! Anyway to cut to the point, I … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
The 60 minute Sewing Challenge: All Made Up
The Great British Bake-Off vs Sewing Bee: Part 2 With the final of the Great British Sewing Bee approaching it’s the perfect time to introduce the second part of my 60 minute challenge (Recap Challenge 1: Muscovado Minutes here). The sewing half of this challenge was a lot more difficult to plan- how to judge how much work will fit … Continue reading
The 60 minute Baking Challenge: Muscovado Minutes
Great British Bake-Off vs Sewing Bee- Part 1 In the first part of this showdown I took on the 60 minute baking challenge (to find out more about the challenge and what on earth is going on you can catch up on my previous post). So I had 60 minutes to bake something from scratch … Continue reading
Sewing Bee vs British Bake-Off
After the very exciting first episode of the Great British Sewing Bee on the BBC I couldn’t wait to share some thoughts. I was honestly that excited that I was sat ready in front of my tv from 7.30 on-wards. I did momentarily get distracted by an Australian customs program that actually almost made me miss … Continue reading