I'm really not one for setting resolutions, often decided upon with a lot of guilt and then broken with even more. Resolutions do nothing to lift my spirits in the coldest months of the year. I do like to theme my year however! Give myself a keyword and keep it in mind as I work my way through the months of the year. The theme for 2026 is EXPANSION and with that in mind, I decided to give myself a curriculum to follow and I thought I'd share my thoughts on how I went about it

The temperatures have plummeted here in the Old Town of Hastings and there has even been a flurry or two of snow! The Winter weather has inspired me to think of some new season sewing plans which I thought I'd share with you. First of all, I shopped my stash to see what fabrics I had squirrelled away and found some real beauties that I knew what I wanted to make into and then I doodled away happily on my Mildred croquis that comes with The Dressmakers Journal ~ a really usef