Caz Faith Creates

I'm still here! I apologise for not having any recent updates. Life really genuinely gets in the way and before I know it I've had very little time to write anything for my blog! I thought I'd regale you all with what creations I've managed to conjure up in the last time I wrote. Plus charity shop finds and new hobbies to boot. My rather messy and crowded craft/sewing room - I'm now having to make space for another new hobby! I'll rewind to the summer, as it's been that long. I can't quite believe we're in Autumn already. A good friend of mine has introduced me to a brand new hobby called Postcrossing. Its really rather brilliant. Especially if you're a fan of the old snail mail. Personally, receiving something other than a bill or boring piece of marketing material puts a great big smile on my face. Who doesn't like getting 'happy post'? It all starts with signing up to a free website called  Postcrossing . You write yoursel...

Dressmaking and indeed most types of sewing I consider a type of therapy. The transformation of a piece of flat fabric into something wearable is something I will never tire of. If you had asked me several years ago that I would be able to create and incredibly, wear something I had made myself I would have laughed at you. Dressmaking and being able to make my own clothes was something on my long list of things that I would one day achieve. It was my mum who happened to find a retro 1970s sewing machine in a charity shop that got me started in this brilliant world of sewing. At the time I was in my first year of university, so I didn't get too caught up in it at the start. It wasn't until 2014 when I finally handed in my last ever assignment that I was able to really pursue this new hobby. By this time I had managed to upgrade the sewing machine to something a bit more modern. My very first dress was made with a curtain for £2 sourced from a charity shop. I bought a copy of L...