The Urge to rustle up a new special-occasion homemade outfit can hit you at any time. And not necessarily when you have a lot of spare time either. I was still feeling the jetlag from a trip to Canada when I realised I had NOTHING to wear to a dear friend’s...

One day, Gérard appeared on Géraldine’s shoulders from La République du chiffon. Géraldine is the author of Un été couture , a collection of patterns for summer, which I think is by now being perused by all French sewists planning their summer outfits...

Sewers out there: have you ever thought how nice it would be to meet one of your favourite bloggers IN REAL LIFE? Would you say no to a rendez-vous with a designer whose patterns and photo-shoots have a certain je ne sais quoi about them? One whose style...