Yesterday I surprised myself when I tried to create a link to the review I wrote for this pattern and found out it wasn’t even here!! I wrote this for Pattern Review; oh, months ago, and …er, forgot? to put…
Year: 2010
The B1,B2 shirt
Hehe, I realise only Aussies are going to get that reference. My daughter suggested the name at first sight, and the similarities had up until that moment escaped me. But mean wife that I am, I informed my husband that…
Floral floaty dress
Finished! In sequinned and embroidered silk chiffon from the Alannah Hill outlet in Melbourne, and using Vogue 1152 again. This second time in making up this pattern I followed the pattern faithfully. Except to add about 5cm in length because…
An unappreciated skirt
Rummaging around in my wardrobe I came out with this skirt which has only been worn a mere handful of times; poor thing. I was so pleased with it when I had finished it, so I’m not sure why I…
What were we wearing in the early nineties?
I am wearing here an outfit I wore to death. I mean the outfit’s death, not mine, obviously… This photo is marked in my album “4 1/2 months”, which is the age of our eldest son who I am adoring…
Green quilt
Sometimes I forget that I set out to document all my handmade stuff here. Including the old stuff. This is a quilt I made a few years ago. The fabrics are all green based, and all “floral” in the sense they…
Further from yesterday
Thankyou so much for your thoughts yesterday … and many of your comments resonated quite clearly with me and my own thinking on this subject; I also read a little bit more on Natalie’s findings and summary of her yearlong…
The makeshift project
Oh, I am in a much better mood today since my family turned up here last night… I swear I was getting a minor case of …something mental… here all by my lonesome and carrying on one-sided conversations with the…
