How I do it

In answer to the question, how do I find time to look after a baby, sew and blog about it, my answer is simple: neglect. 

The dishwasher always needs emptying, clothes put in the washing machine, put on the line or taken off.  Food needs to be re-shelved, benches wiped down, detritus and miscellanea dealt to. 

I am not one of those super women who do it all - quite the opposite - I am one of those ordinary woman who avoid as much as possible.

I take my cue from the oft quoted "oxygen principle" - I've never heard anyone say you should put the mask on your housework before yourself or child. 

When it comes to the writing, I find it incredibly easy to talk about sewing. I could just talk and talk and talk about it, so I never suffer from bloggers' block. I was worried at first, given how long it takes to sew something, how I would be able to sustain a Monday to Friday blog spot.

I have adopted the rule of all procrastinators: just because you don't do something, doesn't mean you can't talk about it. 

This weekend the state of the house got to me, even me, who likes to surrounded by creative chaos. I spent my precious sewing time cleaning up.  That being said, on Friday I finished another hoodie (Simplicity 3640), so I do have something to show, as well as tell.