Category Archives: Purchases

When Renegade Craft Visited London19

If you can rate a craft fair’s brilliance on the amount of stuff you purchase, then Renegade Craft’s London fair is easily the best I’ve ever visited. After reading enviously of Renegade Craft’s many US roadshows on blogs such as … Continue reading

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New Goal: To Make Every Project In The Liberty Book of Home Sewing0

It arrived! The Liberty Book of Home Sewing, which I pre-ordered back in June, landed on my doorstep last Thursday. Talk about a bumper day. It’s so much beefier than I was expecting, with 25 projects (and many of them … Continue reading

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I’ve Got My Spine, I’ve Got My Orange Crush2

 Trousers: Zara; blouse: Oliver Bonas; necklace: homemade fimo; moccasins: Office. This isn’t a fashion blog. Oh no. If you want whimsically-edited photos of waifish girls frolicking in the late afternoon sun of Texas/Paris/West Hampstead, check out some of the blogs … Continue reading

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Bethnal Green’s Affordable Vintage Furniture Flea Market7

There was one — alright, two — upsides to giving up a pair of free tickets to Bestival on the weekend, and that was the vintage furniture market held at York Hall in Bethnal Green. I popped up nice ‘n … Continue reading

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Totally Just Pre-Ordered This Book0

Guyz, guyz, who wants a finger puppet handcrafted from Effie-hair for Christmas this year? Now, if only Jim would stop finding my squirrelled-away nests of Effie-cat hair and chucking them away. I keep telling him I’m going to knit a … Continue reading

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