I cut this skirt out last weekend and sewed it together yesterday and today. It’s another attempt at the A-line pattern. This time though I had the advantage of owning a zipper foot for putting in the zip. It did take me ten minutes to work out how to change the foot on the machine […]

After days of hay fever I finally managed to get to the doctor and get a prescription for my heavy duty nasal spray. Almost instant relief. Of course the doctor’s visit was for something else. Two weeks ago I tripped up the stairs at work and gave myself a monster bruise on my shin. It […]

Another weekend and more sewing. This weekend I cut out the A line skirt pattern I bought over the inter webs. Either I did something really wrong or the pattern was wrong because the waist pieces did not match the skirt pieces. I did some creative “adding of material” to the waist pieces so they […]

The sewing frenzy continues. I spent every day at work wishing I was at home sewing. That is strange isn’t it? Yesterday I made two things. This top and this skirt. I am very happy with the top. It is better than last week’s effort with the same pattern where I didn’t take enough notice […]

What did you do this year on your birthday? I’m betting you didn’t wake up and think: “I know! It’s been almost 20 years since I sewed anything. I think I’ll make myself a skirt!”. That’s pretty much how my day went and it was delightful. I am not good at long term craft or […]

I’ve managed to watch some interesting television lately, despite the best efforts of our TV stations to fill their schedules with rubbish. First of all though, here are some things I am not watching: House Husbands – looks awfulThe X Factor – no explanation neededPuberty Blues – not interestedBig Brother – seen one Big Brother […]

I cried on Tuesday afternoon when I arrived home from work. All because of the size of an envelope. I shall explain. When you enter students into music exams in the AMEB they do their exam and then you have to wait for about a week and half for the AMEB to process the results […]

It seems like Sunday is blog day here at The Spiralling Shape. Except for last Sunday when I spent the morning with my little piano chickens at their exams. There were tears, laughs and mild panic….and that was just me. Needless to say I was happy when the weekend was over. I took two days […]

Sunday again? Already?Sadly, I have no tales of incident-packed personal grooming for you today. I managed to shave my legs again yesterday without any leftover salad hijinks. It’s been a week of busy busy busy. Next weekend my piano students have their AMEB exams. For the first time in many years I have more than […]

I shaved my legs this week for the first time since around the beginning of June. That’s right. You heard me. JUNE. It’s been too cold to bother with them. I’ve been wearing winter clothes so no-one could see the increasing hairiness and be shocked into speechlessness. I was not frightening any horses. That was […]