When I announced that I was going to spend a week in Barcelona, the wonderful fellow sewing blogger Esther offered to meet up and show me some fabric stores. And luckily we managed to set a date up. We began our…
When I announced that I was going to spend a week in Barcelona, the wonderful fellow sewing blogger Esther offered to meet up and show me some fabric stores. And luckily we managed to set a date up. We began our…
Last weekend we took a 48 hour cruise to Helsinki to celebrate my mother’s 70th birthday. Helsinki is a really nice city to visit for a short trip, as the city center is not all that huge which makes it…
A while back I shared five of my favorite sewing tools and I also asked for your suggestions of great sewing tools so that I could compile them in a blog post and share the knowledge. I got some really…
Confession time: I got a button collection so large that it will probably last me a lifetime. Yet I keep buying more. But lets not dwell on my shopping habits here, instead we’ll take a look at some favorites from…
Over the Easter weekend I traveled to Copenhagen with my youngest daughter for some fun and relaxation. Since it was Easter the shops were only open on Saturday and while Anja did her own thing, I managed to squeeze in…
I sometimes get emails from readers who are visiting Göteborg and wants suggestions on sewing related shopping. There are not a ton of fabric and notions stores in my hometown, despite it being Sweden’s second largest city. But there…
Sometimes, the right brand really makes all the difference. I’ve been scratching my head for years trying to master the craft of attaching snap fasteners. But the hammer method has regularly failed me, resulting in wonky snaps. A year ago I purchased cheap pliers…