‘Tis the season to be jolly… (sung to the appropriate tune…) but Craig and I are in danger of turning eating, drinking and being-merry into an extreme sport around here lately! Don’t get me wrong, I just love parties and getting…
Year: 2010
Wicked mask
Last night we attended a masquerade Christmas cocktail function, and I needed a mask, so I visited Spotlight and picked up some basics to decorate one. Boy, was this fun… I felt like I was in kindergarten all over again!…
On ankle-strap shoes
Shoes with ankle straps are tricky. I have this firm belief that they shorten and stumpify (I didn’t make up that word but isn’t it just perfect?!) women’s legs. Now shortening and stumpifying might be desirable to the rare woman…
B is for beach
This is my newest project; top “b” from the Japanese pattern book “Unique Clothes Any Way You Like” by Natsuno Hiraiwa. It is designed to be worn both ways front and back however desired and has a button band up the…
Fisherman’s Rib 2-piece
Another blast from the past for today. Actually this photograph is marked “Father’s Day” so should have come before the previous oldie I put up here, as this date puts Tim at only 2-3 months old. He is held by…
Pinky pink.
It took me a while to settle on this outfit today. I had originally planned to wear my brand new top, from the pattern I was tracing out yesterday (yes, it’s finished!!) but it was lacking the right buttons to…
On tracing out patterns
Technical stuff today… Everybody has their own method of tracing out patterns; I thought I’d show here how I’m currently doing mine. A few years ago our eldest had a Glitterati party where a “red carpet” was required, so I…
Khaki scarf; a refashion
I took the Tshirt below and followed my own tutorial to make this new knotted scarf. Though for this one I cut the front in two pieces and the back in three… Nothing earth-shattering, but will be a useful…
