I recently moved home and like many others, had the joy of discovering the previous owners lied about everything and the house was falling down around my ears. So, for the first 10 months I had been in a building site with no place to sew or workshop. While notRead More →
Well, it’s been a while. I have Fibromyalgia. Hypothyroid, Type 2, and Gilbert’s Syndrome from an undiagnosed or treated incidence of Sheehan’s Syndrome in 1992. Let’s not forget the inherited HEDS and suspected Lupus. Yes. Soooooooooooo boring. Who doesn’t? Not an excuse, just get on with it I hear youRead More →
I originally did the research and made the reproductions in 2003 when I was involved in reenactment. Most of the ” ‘tude” was aimed at a couple of stolid purveyors of Fakelore. Fakelore or pseudo-folklore is inauthentic, manufactured folklore presented as if it were genuinely traditional. Richard M. Dorson 1950 Or as often seen in theRead More →
When looking to design and produce plus sized clothing I found four main issues in tackling the idea of making things fit. Traditionally patterns are scaled from a size 6/8 and a bra size 34B based upon a survey of women’s measurements first taken and not changed since the 1930’s.Read More →
Back when I was working in corporate as a full stack developer, I used to devotedly watch The Apprentice. As someone on the spectrum I innocently and naively believed that being professional meant that when you were at work you did your best. Your always told your colleagues and bossRead More →