… Remember when I said I had only once before made Cassie and myself matching clothes? Well this is Cassie’s dress, that was made from the leftover scraps of a dress I had made myself. Her little dress, made using…
Month: July 2011
Crocheted granny squares
I know there is a phrase to describe occurrences like this but I can’t think what it is… This morning I dug out this crochet scarf and put it on, thinking again how much I like it and its beautifully swampy, underwater-y,…
Layered rusty-red wool skirt
So, using the leftover bit of fabric from my rusty-red wool skirt, combined with the cut-off from when I decided to make my long skirt shorter, I made Cassie a little layered skirt. Using the same pattern as I did…
Thankyou
I just wanted to say a big heartfelt Thank You to all you kind people who left nice comments on my last post… as your kind words proved; the online sewing and fashion community is such a beautifully supportive and helpful…
Thinking positive…
Yesterday Yoshimi who is both a beautiful lady and an accomplished seamstress, wrote a post about a negative comment, and its effect on her. Of course I rushed to support her because she is my friend, and friends are supportive in…
Fabulous stuff made by Mum and Dad…
My Mum and Dad are enormously creative and talented. They have made heaps and heaps of beautiful things…a visit to their house reveals one lovely work after another. I took some pictures of just a few during our last visit……
Rusty red wool/silk skirt
I’ve made a new skirt… I found this yummily coloured, beautifully textured wool/silk mix fabric in a remnant bin in Tokyo, the day of our shopping trip with Yoshimi and Novita. At the time I just picked it up instinctively, with…
Featuring small versions of Tim and Cassie…
Whizzing back a few years now… and here are some more of the little outfits I made for my children when they were small. These were “good” outfits, but of course I used to dress my children in good outfits…
