Here is my first hand experience of buying Italian sewing magazines while I was there in August. I love buying sewing magazines rather than patterns as you can get so many patterns in one magazine. Well that was at least with Burda magazine the UK edition. I have bought previously sewing magazines here in the … Read more
Here is a blog post on how to make fabric printing paste. I am using synthetic and natural dyes in this post. Yes, I do understand the fabric design world is moving into natural dyes. As it’s better for the planet. I have later also decided to move to natural dyes but I do feel … Read more
After coming across to s glut of wild blackberries I have decided to do some dyeing with blackberry. While I am not asking anyone to go out and buy some blackberry from the supermarket just for dyeing. But if you excess or they are no longer fit for consumption. It’s a great way to use … Read more
Here is a blog on how save money skiing in Italy. We have been travelling in Italy a few weeks back it’s a lovely country to travel but it’s cheap to travel and to live there. I am based in London and found it that it is not that reasonable to travel/ live/ even to … Read more
During the summer time, I had harvested some tayberry in my garden back in London. This post is on tayberry growing and harvesting at home. Tayberry is an unusual berry that is not seen in shops or supermarkets. However, the young shoots or plants are sold in supermarkets and garden centres in March or April. … Read more
This blog post is on how to cook steamed fish. Steamed fish using sea bass or sea bream is very much a classic Cantonese dish. It is found in many Cantonese Chinese restaurants menu. It is normally cooked as a whole fish with head, bones and tail included. Except of course the Insides are all … Read more
Over the recent years there is a lot of written and telly programmes on vegan alternative diet. Why we should be think of it? How cows and the commercial world is doing for our environment. Climate change for our future generations to come. So with this it has brought many ideas to our household diet. … Read more
