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Hi, I'm Cathy, The Curious Tinker. I like to sew and make vintage dresses. This is my diary of stuff and things about sewing and fashion, nostalgia and thrifting. Some musings on life and the constant frustration of time are very likely; mostly though, it's little windows into my creative processes and some pretty pictures Enjoy!

Launch-tastic!

Two years, three months and some weeks since deciding my business name and purchasing the domain names… I have finally given the website the time it deserved. Silly procrastination! It took over a year just to find the drive to choose a suitable aesthetic direction.

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The Beginning

The Curious Tinker began in 2013 roughly 15 years after I identified it was what I most wanted to do in life. Having completed 4 years of fashion and textiles at Art College, I decided that although sewing was my favourite thing in the world, it was something …

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