Sewist, crafter & blogger, based in Birmingham, England. I'm spending the year growing and gathering to create natural dyes and enhance my sewing projects. Find me at englishgirlathome.com
Thank you! This was interesting, educational and inspirational. I’ve looked at my local fibershed (in Oregon, US), and it’s appallingly sparse. We do have plenty of raw wool and yarn, but I can’t find fabric closer than 600 miles.
Thanks so much. Yarn is definitely easier to source locally, and where I am based in the UK (Birmingham) has never been a centre of textile production, so I did look at what was produced across the country for my #1year1outfit contribution, which gave me a lot more scope!
Thank you! This vlog was educational and inspirational! I’ve looked at my local fibershed, and it’s appallingly sparse. We can get raw wool and yarn, but I have to go 600 miles for fabric.
Wow! Beautiful fabrics! Taking a trip to Scotland this fall and can’t wait to poke around for fabric. You have inspired me to dye some fabric and possibly learn to knit as well. Thanks for the vlog, keep them coming! Love from Washington State USA —
Thank you for putting together the vlog. There are such a lovely collection of fabrics and it is often different to get a feel for fabric weight and thickness when buying from the internet. I also love your pink coat. Where did you get the thinsulate from?
Loved this video Charlotte, thank you so much! It was really interesting and I’m actually look for some tweed to make a bag (the Taylor Tailor Desmond backpack), most likely a herringbone. I was just wondering, of the two Ardalanish swatches that you hold up, which one is the lighter one? Is that the Natural shade of their Diamond Twills Tweed, or a different shade? So many lovely designs on Dashing Tweeds! And there are many that take my fancy on Fabworks. I’m definitely buying some wool from someone. Also really need to purchase something from Beyond Measure, I’ve just been crippled by indecision.
Thank you lovely x The Ardalanish swatches were: Diamond Twills Tweeds, Pebble & Silver Keystone. Can’t wait to see the backpack – I love that pattern and it will look AMAZING in a tweed. x
January 8, 2017 at 10:23 am
There are some gorgeous fabrics available.
January 10, 2017 at 10:20 pm
Yes, it was very tempting handling all of those swatches!!
January 8, 2017 at 6:02 pm
Scrumptious wools!
Gemma
http://www.fadedwindmills.com
January 10, 2017 at 10:21 pm
Yes, I’m addicted to wool fabrics! I have to avoid them in the fabric shops, or I inevitably purchase!
January 8, 2017 at 9:40 pm
Thank you! This was interesting, educational and inspirational. I’ve looked at my local fibershed (in Oregon, US), and it’s appallingly sparse. We do have plenty of raw wool and yarn, but I can’t find fabric closer than 600 miles.
January 10, 2017 at 10:25 pm
Thanks so much. Yarn is definitely easier to source locally, and where I am based in the UK (Birmingham) has never been a centre of textile production, so I did look at what was produced across the country for my #1year1outfit contribution, which gave me a lot more scope!
January 8, 2017 at 9:41 pm
Thank you! This vlog was educational and inspirational! I’ve looked at my local fibershed, and it’s appallingly sparse. We can get raw wool and yarn, but I have to go 600 miles for fabric.
January 8, 2017 at 10:23 pm
Wow! Beautiful fabrics! Taking a trip to Scotland this fall and can’t wait to poke around for fabric. You have inspired me to dye some fabric and possibly learn to knit as well. Thanks for the vlog, keep them coming! Love from Washington State USA —
January 10, 2017 at 10:26 pm
Thanks so much! Enjoy Scotland – no doubt you’ll find some lovely fabric, and maybe some yarn too;)
January 8, 2017 at 10:43 pm
Thank you for putting together the vlog. There are such a lovely collection of fabrics and it is often different to get a feel for fabric weight and thickness when buying from the internet. I also love your pink coat. Where did you get the thinsulate from?
January 10, 2017 at 10:28 pm
Thank you:) Thinsulate was from: https://www.profabrics.co.uk/products/thinsulate-cs150-insulated-wadding
It really did make a big difference in terms of warmth, although I do want to make a less bulky version of the coat sometime.
January 15, 2017 at 12:31 pm
Thanks for the info. Coat is definitely on my to-do list.
January 8, 2017 at 11:36 pm
Loved this video Charlotte, thank you so much! It was really interesting and I’m actually look for some tweed to make a bag (the Taylor Tailor Desmond backpack), most likely a herringbone. I was just wondering, of the two Ardalanish swatches that you hold up, which one is the lighter one? Is that the Natural shade of their Diamond Twills Tweed, or a different shade? So many lovely designs on Dashing Tweeds! And there are many that take my fancy on Fabworks. I’m definitely buying some wool from someone. Also really need to purchase something from Beyond Measure, I’ve just been crippled by indecision.
January 10, 2017 at 10:31 pm
Thank you lovely x The Ardalanish swatches were: Diamond Twills Tweeds, Pebble & Silver Keystone. Can’t wait to see the backpack – I love that pattern and it will look AMAZING in a tweed. x
January 9, 2017 at 6:46 am
Really enjoyed watching this – thanks very much.