Le Blog de Frivole

I've finally been able to visit my family again after more than two years!  It's wonderful to be back and to spend time with family ...

Priscilla Tatting Book No. 2 , what a great book!  It contains many designs I love, including the Victorian Lattice Doily which I have now m...

I started this back in January and was (as it turns out over-optimistically) hoping to have it finished for my son's birthday in May.  S...

A few weeks ago someone wrote to me asking about Orsi's Napoleon pattern.  I had made it back in 2011! (see this post ).  The pattern is...

Following on from my previous post... another lovely thing about vintage sewing machines, manually powered, is that you can easily take them...

I love old sewing machines.  They are wonderful feats of engineering, are incredibly sturdy and hard-wearing and they look great to boot!  I...

I'm still spinning but I finally decided to go back to the nearly finished collar.  I'm on the last round!  It shouldn't take to...