Tea and a Sewing Machine
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I'm Anna and I live in rural Norfolk in the UK. My mum taught me how to use a sewing machine when I was 10 and I haven't looked back! I love making all sorts of things and I hope you find inspiration here.
Tea and a Sewing Machine
16h ago
Before I get going, I have to confess that I have shamelessly stolen this idea from somebody else in internetland. She’s a lady called Michelle Tasker, and she makes the […]
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Tea and a Sewing Machine
1M ago
One of my favourite things to do at the moment is to make colours schemes from photos that I’ve then while I’ve been out. Where I live is beautiful. And […]
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Tea and a Sewing Machine
1M ago
Until recently, I’d never given much thought to the idea that as we age, we start to become invisible, mainly because it didn’t affect me. But more recently, I’ve started […]
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Tea and a Sewing Machine
1M ago
It’s still only February, but here in my little patch of Norfolk there are signs of spring everywhere. We’ve had a very mild, very wet winter. Often it doesn’t start […]
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Tea and a Sewing Machine
2M ago
If there’s one thing that stands in the way of being creative more than anything else, it’s perfectionism. That horrible feeling that we’re going to get it wrong so often […]
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Tea and a Sewing Machine
2M ago
The idea of a sense of place, and how it differs to a sense of belonging, is a theme I’ve written about before. It was about 3 years ago, when […]
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Tea and a Sewing Machine
3M ago
It seem like an unpromising start to looking inspiration in winter colours for a creative project. Where you are it might be snowy. Here, it is dreary and bleak, muddy, […]
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Tea and a Sewing Machine
3M ago
Getting outside in winter, unless you absolutely have to, can be tricky. Not only is the weather awful, but the days are so much shorter. In summer, it doesn’t feel […]
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Tea and a Sewing Machine
3M ago
Over the years, I’ve had a mixed relationship with New Year’s resolutions and goal setting. New Year’s resolutions can seem like a good idea, but can cause us some problems. […]
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Tea and a Sewing Machine
4M ago
A little while ago, I had an idea to make 4 little embroidered wreaths, one for each season. They were inspired by these Christmas ones I did a long time […]
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