Sandy Snowden

I have been so grateful for this skirt to focus on during all the other things going on. Just sitting is not something I do very well, but I...

I survived the observation. No formal feedback yet (the observer is the head of several departments, so is up to her ears with stuff for Ofs...

Yes, it has been a week or so. Last weekend was doing Happy Birthday things for a Very Good Man for which A Certain Lad came home. We went o...

So, yesterday I spent most of the day doing the seams, which were not easy, as I had to get every thing to line up properly to get the bindi...

a Certain Lad is doing Movember in reverse. He is on Mutton Chops now. Shall I say he is suddenly coming out of his shell, or what? I...

panel skirt has been cut from trouser legs. and then... ...enter offcuts from a friend's quilting stash. The print seems to go with bo...

I have been wanting to do more refashioning for sometime. I decided the current challenge up at Pattern Review would be the motivation to ge...

Nearly there...needs the waistband sewn down, the lining stitched next to the zip and the walking pleat, and everything about the hem done. ...

Stitched well, still needs the threads drawn to the back. also have done online training for college before it became too much of an ove...

Some days... Today I just couldn't get very motivated. Okay, I did get out the box of jeans to see what I might use for the recycle p...

while I am on a skirt roll, and while today was to be a bit of an in and out of the house today. I thought I might resew this skirt. I bou...

It is half-term this week. So, I was able to finish the 2 skirts I was working on. I like putting buttons at the back of skirts that are ...

A lovely young lady we have come to know at our church is going back to Korea. This past summer, she graduated from the University of Surrey...

Aldi had a set of craft knives this week for around £6! I had been thinking about getting a scalpel type of craft knife for the book project...

Monday was not so bad at college this week. For the first time I actually was able to use the Smart board in my room! A how-to video on maki...

Today I got my poorly machine back from the doctor again. It was doing a little blind hem stitch dance and then kept chuntering along even w...

Some people write their to do lists on their blogs. I do make lists, but I reserve the right to not do it. So, I don't need the pressure...

So, the idea I got to make this skirt a bit more fun... add black lace to the patches. Not sure if I mentioned that the patches are from t...

on the rail platform

Friday I went to the Knitting and Stitching Show. I went by train this time because I haven't been too full of energy lately and didn...

A bit of progress. I cut out some rectangles from the little bit of scrap fabric I had left and tried a few arrangements of them scattered o...

...has the side seams stitched together and lapped zip in centre back. I am sure you can imagine that. Now, laying in wait on the table to...

Because I am teaching about 5 different levels or year groups of City and Guilds Fashion this year, I have been right out straight putting t...

On Saturday, the Thames Valley Offcuts sewing group met up again after a break in August. There was a good turn out. We were very glad for t...

as I said before, it has been rather hectic with starting teaching this year. and I won't get into it all, but it hasn't really got ...