Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing

Because Lily helped with the chequerboard quilt that I made for the doll quilt swap on the Quilting Board forum, I asked my partner Linda...

Last week, a few days after the thaw, I heard fluttering in our bedroom.  This beautiful butterfly was flapping against the window.  He h...

The big computer is home again, the quilt for Karen is in the post, and hiding in my sewing den was this lovely little tapestry which I f...

...using husband's laptop and the pub's WiFi connection. There will be a brief interruption to this blog.  On Friday I tried...

Here are the bobbins from four different machines.  From left to right, Vesta Transverse Shuttle/Little Vesta, Serata treadle (ie, Stoewe...

It was in a box of bits from a car boot sale. It is two and a quarter inches long, with plain stripes on one side,  and cross...

I spent a happy half hour browsing the knitting patterns in a charity shop this morning.  I love the elegant summery atmosphere evoked in...