Behind every good idea!

Research to designing and making, to promotion I have just finished running my 4 week Beginners course at the Arts Depot and loved every minute. Last week I spent 2 days creating my next set of workshops. This to me is the easy bit, although there is a lot of research,…

Do you have a favourite fabric?

Fabric shopping  My all-time favourite fabric is Liberty cotton, anything liberty basically! it is versatile, soft, presses so well and great for beginners fabric. I also love silk, there are less liberty silks available and they tend to be very dated. The Liberty prints on the other hand are endless.…

Country Living Fair

Itssewsimple was invited to work at the Country Living fair last month and jumped at the opportunity. Quickly researching what we could make in the 45 minute session with no sewing machines? Mmmm So once the CL agreed on a fabric keyring we quickly go sourcing materials. We ordered, embroidery…