It Started With a SHEIN Top… I'd bought a top from SHEIN that I really liked the shape of. From the front it looked quite simple, but the back was what I really loved, open-backed with ties. There was just one problem. I wanted it longer.

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Operation Cushion Next on our sewing-day agenda were cushions. My friend had recently decorated her lounge and wanted to make some new cushion covers, and she wanted zips.

I bought an overlocker. And apparently, once you own an overlocker, everything must be overlocked. Does it need overlocking? Irrelevant. Can I physically get it under the presser foot? Excellent. OVERLOCK IT.

This week, I did something radical. I Put the Fabric Down and Immediately Got Glue Everywhere Not forever. Don’t be dramatic. But long enough to fall headfirst into the world of card stock, which—fun fact—I did not realise had levels. Card is not just card. Card is a system. A hierarchy. A lifestyle.