Case in point: page 299 includes instructions for making a custom duvet cover. In today’s world, duvet covers are so cheap I buy them specifically to make prototypes. No guilt. No regrets. Just vibes and test pieces. If your heart truly lies in making a dust ruffle, page 291 is your moment. “What on earth is a dust ruffle?” I hear you ask. It’s a bed skirt. Although I’m fairly sure we started calling them valances sometime in the 1990s — which probably gives you a rough i

As you can probably guess, my fabric choices can be as chaotic as my brain. That doesn’t mean they can’t work together, it just means they might not make sense to anyone else at first glance. I can get wildly carried away in a fabric shop, stroking bolts of fabric like a Victorian lady fainting over velvet and spending far too long gazing at colour ranges instead of making decisions.