Today exactly one year ago I started blogging here about my sewing, and as it turned out, some other stuff too! 🙂 To mark the occasion, I thought it might be fun to wear again today the same dress I…
Month: October 2010
To sleep, perchance to dream
With the change in the season, comes a need for change in all areas of apparel, including the mundane and practical such as sleepwear… I did have a few highblown and fancy ideas for my summer jammies this year, but…
Bless her little cotton socks
You don’t have to tell me. It is crazy to be knitting white cotton socks. But honestly, these are just shorty ankle socks and take up about two or three evenings each in front of the TV, so why not?…
the Prodigal dress
So after assessing my wardrobe for Self-Stitched September and deciding that some of my old things could happily be rejected because I hadn’t worn them in months; I spied (with my little eye) this dress in the potential toss-outs, and…
Trench Skirt; a pattern review
This is my pattern review, and some close-ups of the trench skirt I completed recently; seen below and a larger view here. The skirt is pattern 107, from BurdaStyle magazine 8/2009. Pattern Description: Knee-length flared skirt that fits smoothly over hips…
Me and the best friend
Nice to be back here with my big furry best friend again … On our last lovely balmy evening in Melbourne we met friends for dinner down by the Yarra River and chinwagged into the late late hours. Â Our friends…
Details…
Some details of the skirt and top from the previous post; top “a” and skirt “m” from Unique Clothes Any Way You Like, (hmmm, yes, the title is a bit of a mouthful…) by Natsuko Hiraiwa. The skirt is a…
Yes, Japanese
My newest ensemble, my first two projects from the Japanese pattern book, Unique Clothes Any Way You Like, by Natsuno Hiraiwa. This is top “a” and skirt “m”. I apologise for the poor quality of the photos here, even though…
