My dear friend C gave me a whole bunch of fabric last night, following a major clean-out of her late mother’s house. Some of it is very nice, lots of it is… er, very green. I am very grateful, however mindful…
Month: May 2011
It was inevitable…
… and was simply a matter of when my self-discipline would falter. I’m classifying this as a belated Mother’s Day present to myself. Actually, I’m supremely excited about this second instalment in the Pattern Magic series by Tomoko Nakamichi, why?…
Pattern Magic, revisited
This is my second attempt at this pattern; the design from page 10 of Pattern Magic by Tomoko Nakamichi; my first was here. I loved the design, but unfortunately that first dress was kinda disastrous. Firstly, I didn’t love the…
Flares in Plum
Hot off the press… my new flared jeans for winter, and for Joy’s Bell-Bottom challenge! I adore flares, after half a lifetime of trial and error I have finally decided they could be the most flattering jeans shape for my…
Turquoise pencil skirt; 6 different ways
These posts are a guilty pleasure to me; it’s such fun to play around in my own closet and dream up a whole lot of new ways in which I could possibly wear an old favourite to suit a variety…
A navy corduroy jacket, and a Babar jumper
Today I bring two flashbacks; two, because I don’t have very good photos of either one to warrant an individual post, and because I am trying to whizz through these old projects a little faster than I have been up…
Oo la la
I’ve made a new dress for winter! This fabric, a sort of very roughly spun and woven silk, with some very stiffish almost stick-like pieces woven into it, was one of my Christmas presents; that I bought so the children could…
Cassie’s quilt
“Now here’s one I made earlier”… I think this is might be the next thing in my chronological documentation of my creations. And luckily another one that is still used and loved on a daily basis. I’ll have to admit…