Refining.
Noticing nuance and details improves my making and my choosing. Connecting who I am with what I make, where I do and what I do enriches my memory, my connection, my story, creating an ocean of detail.
Making clothes, travel itineraries and food.
Here, I write about that.
Leeds to Brest, Brittany: an off-season itinerary for the end of Winter
Travelling in the off-season of winter, itinerary for 7 nights in Finistere. Winter hikes, thalasso therapy, eating crepes, visiting medieval towns and castles, and admiring the early sunset in pretty port towns.
Swedish Kokosrulad (coconut roll cake)
Recipe for Swedish Kokosrulad, a coconut roll cake filled with a custard buttercream
Leeds to Pembrokeshire, South Wales - 4 nights in Winter with mountain biking
Itinerary journal of my winter break in Pembrokeshire. Where we ate, what we saw and how we enjoyed biking around the countryside
Leeds to Krakow - 9 nights in Winter
Travelling in winter, my itinerary for 9 nights in Krakow learning Polish.
Leeds to Turin - 4 nights in Winter
Travelling in winter, itinerary journal of our stay in Turin, Northern Italy
Square neck pinafore dress in grey wool
Leeds to Warsaw: an off-season, independent city break itinerary for Winter
Travelling in winter, my imagined itinerary for 3 nights in Warsaw. Eating modern Polish baked goods, visiting the Royal Garden of Light and a city tour in a Communist-era Fiat126p.
Herringbone wool dress from 1970’s Givenchy pattern
Working with a 1970’s Givenchy Vogue Paris Original pattern, my journal post of my sewing a dress in herringbone wool. Details on total make time, adjustments and seam finishes, and lessons learnt.
Manchester to Tallinn, Estonia - 5 nights in Winter
Itinerary journal of a winter city break in the Baltics, departing from Manchester. Where we ate, what we saw and how we enjoyed the young-meets-old cosy capital of Estonia.
Leeds to Seville and Vejer de la Frontera - 7 nights in Winter
Travelling in winter, journal and itinerary of our 3 night Seville city break followed by 4 nights biking around Vejer de la Frontera in Cadiz province