Archives 2013 March

It’s been a little while since I had any dedicated sewing time. After a last minute dash to Spotlight on Thursday evening I started this dandelion dress yesterday and finished it today. I had tried the pattern once before as a blouse. The yoke is a bit fiddly and it is also supposed to have […]

Today I bought a microwave. It’s the first one I’ve ever owned in my life. That’s right. I have survived without one. But how do you defrost bread Wendy? Well up until lately I used to put it in the toaster for a short time. Either that, or I would get organised and get it […]

There’s been a couple of interesting articles pop up about email signoffs this week. There was also a fun twitter exchange as a few people shared their practices. It really got me thinking about mine so here we go. Kind Regards I tend to use this in work or semi-formal situations where I intend to […]

Goodness….this was going to be a post about International Women’s Day, Helen Razer’s blazing article and the Destroying the Joint project but after I started writing it I deleted the whole thing. I’ll just say this. I read Helen’s piece and Jenna Price’s response and I can see both their points of view and agree […]

Welcome one and all to the new and improved version of The Spiralling Shape. We have had a beautiful makeover thanks to the talented @Rocketpilot and we are now ready to face the world of the internets with renewed vigour. If my memory serves me correctly, I believe the first post on The Spiralling  Shape […]