Honest, Guvnor!

Dear Sir, Please don’t tell me off for not posting about sewing lately – I’ve been terribly busy and stressed out with the move and looking for work! Thank you. Yours & c., Clare OK, so, I don’t actually have to hand in a sick note like at school, but I have been feeling bad [...]

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Magical Mystery Tour… of Nottingham

I’d like to say a big thank you to the lovely Rosel for taking me on a magical mystery tour of the sewing and vintage shops of  Nottingham today. We went to Husqvarna Studio , which looks like a very useful place for habadashery bits’n’pieces and even sewing classes: The only down side about the [...]

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A Little Progress in a New Home

So I am now living in Nottingham, which feels odd, but good.  We just sorted out the internet this evening, so I’ll endeavour to start something like normal service by next week, but I don’t want to make any more promises and then disappoint! Still on my to-do list: Find a flat. Get a job. [...]

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A Room of One’s Own

The thing I have learned in the past month or so is that Virginia Woolf had it pretty much right: in order to write and create, a woman needs a room of her own.  Not just a physical one with walls and ceiling, but also the mental space. The past few weeks have left my [...]

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Quick Update

Well, I handed my notice in at work today – it’s official, I’m leaving!  It’s both scary and exciting, but I think mostly exciting (at least that’s what I’m telling myself!).  I have also realised that when I actually do move, I might not have the internet for a while (ye gods, whatever will I [...]

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Non-Interviews

I should be getting on a train to Nottingham straight after work tonight. I should be having an interview for a new job at the end of the week – my first bite from dozens of applications. I was hopeful, I was thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be so difficult for me to get a new [...]

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