My Sewing Blog

Alterations needing done: Take up really long jeans Take up other pair of jeans Take up knit dress Take up other dress Take in denim dress Possibly take up dress I am currently wearing(?) Cutting out needing done: Corduroy jacket Mark cream blouse markings then remove pattern and cut out white blouse Finishing: Elastic in pjs Jalie top needs hems Possibly have a finishing marathon on old box of UFO’s Sewing needing done: Ottobre top – needs some interfacing cut out first (Edited to add - this is my first time posting with Windows Live Writer.  It seems to be easy enough to use.  Will need to see what it is like with photos, since posting them with blogger can be a bit of a pain.)

I cleaned out my cupboards last week.  I didn't think there was that much in them.  Wrong!!!!  I have been hoarding brown rice (4 packets of it!) and tinned tomatoes (7 tins).  There was more food in there than I would normally buy in a week.  So we've been eating from the cupboards for the last week.  I've just done a £50 order from Tesco since I had a £10 off voucher.  I went through mySupermarket.co.uk (clicked on through topcashback.co.uk so I could get some money back!) and I ended up saving £12 on the things I was going to buy.  They are a really good site.  Never used them before.  They suggest cheaper alternatives to the things you are going to buy.  It showed me that Tesco's "special offers" were not so special after all.  I'm hoping that this and the stuff in my cupboard will last me till the 4th of Feb - 2 weeks. Then I will start up a weekly order with Grow Wild and do a bulk order for things like toilet roll etc ...

This isn't about sewing, but I am sewing right now.  I've almost finished 3 pairs of pjs for R, and I have something cut out for myself.  I bought myself an Ottobre Woman magazine for my Christmas.  I also bought a bag pattern and some vintage patterns.  I plan to do quite a bit of sewing this year (like I planned to do last year, but just never got round to...)  Just reorganised my fabric stash the other day too. I wanted to blog about my new idea... to give up shopping at supermarkets.  There are lots of reasons I want to do this.  It seems like supermarkets are trying to take over the world.  All the local shops are closed.  All their stuff is totally over-packaged.  And they're always trying to make me buy stuff I don't even want or need with their special offers.  I want to be more eco-friendly - cutting down on the waste we produce.  I want to support local businesses that people actually own rather than big companies...