Tif

06/04/2019

Did a very nice thing for the V&A Quant exhibition!

I grew up almost exclusively embarrassed by a string of outlandishly decorated Mini’s driven by my Dad to and from school. In a previous life Dad had learnt the tailoring trade on Saville Row…

30/03/2019

Spring has sprung and I'm all in yellow!

So it turns out that my attempts to invoke some Spring sunshine with my sewing have worked! Down here us South West folk have been revelling in all the amazing Spring sunshine this week. Obviously …

11/03/2019

Free sewing patterns and the wrong trousers!

It has recently come to my attention that Peppermint magazine has an excellent and most importantly free sewing pattern library created by the ever stylish In the Folds…and this is how I came…

11/02/2019

A little post about creative pattern hacking!

What’s your favourite sewing pattern? Maybe you can answer this question instantly but maybe it changes weekly, monthly, or with the seasons. For me this pattern is Deer and Doe’s Chata…

04/02/2019

A little post about sewing something simple and something toasty...be warned there are random references to figure skating.

Only when you live in the south of England and you have 1cm of snow do you find yourself sewing a woollen bolero…that’s right I’ve sewn something entitled bolero. If you are of a …

27/01/2019

A sneak peak of something I've been working on for the shop in between all the lurgy in our house!

Happy New Year…super belated Happy 2019. Full disclosure…This blog post has been far longer in the making than intended due to an unwelcome and extended visit from the lurgy fairy. I& #8…

11/01/2019

Hello! Happy Friday and thank you so much for liking my new page. If you want to find out more about me..I invite you have a good snoop on my website!
It literally is all about me.

This is just a short excerpt for the about page.

10/01/2019

Hello Friends, This is my very first FB post as Madame Tifaine sewing business type person. I'm currently offering home sewing lessons from my place or yours! (Plymouth area only). So if you got a sewing machine for Christmas or have one that needs dusting off message me for info. If you're too far away...enjoy my blog and look forward to my online shop opening soon!