in 2007 my sister got married. And that was great, all the more so because I was in fact the one who'd introduced her to her husband - although I really hadn't expected what would happen. He was (and is) very quiet, and my sister is
It occurs to me that I haven't yet talked about the process I go through when I'm choosing a pattern; and it's probably worth doing that, because that process is going to be a bit different for everyone. And, as it happens, I chose
I can't remember exactly why Porthos wanted a frock coat. I mean, yes, he is a semi-pro countertenor (and a very good one at that), so he does sing on the stage; but I'm fairly sure it wasn't for that. But, anyway, for whatever
Back in 2011 I won a very welcome and unexpected prize. It was a trip to the Bath Fashion Museum, courtesy of Your Wardrobe Unlock'd (I would love to link them, but it appears they're no longer running, which is very sad because what they did
When I started using Linux, which is quite a long time ago now, I wanted some games that would run on it, because I'd been used to playing the standard Windows games like Minesweeper (at which I was pretty good). And almost the first game I found turned
I know, I know. It's way too early to start thinking about Christmas decorations. We're barely even into Advent. But if I do this post now and you get inspired by it, then it means you have time to get your supplies in. You don'
I was almost 14 when Blake's 7 first aired, and I'm eternally grateful that we were allowed to watch it. The thing was, Mum wanted to watch it, so it was fine. If she hadn't, we would not have been, because it started during
Mr Wooster's Victorian shirt wasn't the only linen shirt I made. There was also this one. I'm not exactly sure what I made it for, except possibly just the sheer fun of it (oh, and hot weather; I dislike hot weather with a passion,
To avoid confusion, I'll say right now that I didn't do the costuming for the performance of Annie Get Your Gun shown in the feature photo; but these are the only good theatrical photos I have (my sister has been in several other productions but I
Every now and then, there's going to be a post made up of little bits that aren't really enough individually to make a whole post, so I'll just throw a few of them together and we'll see how it develops. This embroidery,
A while ago I posted about Finnegan's Cake. This is... similar, only different, and worse. But it does all end well! At about the same time as I bought the air fryer, I also bought a recipe book from eBay. It was, specifically, a vegan air fryer recipe
Yes, I do realise that Philip Larkin's original quote is several letters of the alphabet removed from my title line; but I've never used that word and I don't plan to start now. Anyway, I think I was about eleven when my parents decided