During September, I was give the Versatile blogger award by Adithi’s Amma Sews; and also from SewingCafe with Lynne thank you so much to both Adithi’s Amma and Lynne! Now the rules are as follows, you have to write seven…
Month: October 2011
Sunset maxi-dress
I have been seeing stacks of floaty-to-the-max, hippy-dippy maxi-dresses in totally gloriously over-the-top colours and patterns in catalogues and magazines as a staple for yet another summer. So decided I just had to make myself one. It was a bit of a business,…
Some haute couture…
… hehe, just kidding. Just proving that I actually followed through on my promise. Sienna now has cast-off old sofa fabric no, wait; brand new (to her), freshly washed and fluffy, specially custom fit covers on her two beds. Lucky girl!!! the inside bed… the…
Burnt-orange skirt; 6 different ways
I’ve been playing with my recently finished burnt-orange skirt, styling it up for a variety of seasons and the different degrees of formality that my lifestyle requires. When I bought this silk hessian I knew its autumnal shades would go…
LBD, and a giveaway
It’s my blog-iversary! It has been two years since I started up this funny lil ol’ blog, and I’m marking the (sorta) occasion with a giveaway. About six months ago, the lovely Gail sent me this pattern and I don’t…
HongKong seaming
(OK, so I wrote this post a while back, during self-stitched September, and then just got caught up in the whole outfit-documenting side of things and forgot about it… ! so it may seem a bit out of date since…
Do you like big pockets…?
… if so then this is the skirt for you! I have never seen pockets to rival these, ever. I knew (intellectually) the pockets were big by the picture on the pattern envelope, but the (realistic) first sight of the…
Pattern Magic 3; dress with 4 sleeves
… aka; the design on page 18. I’m sorry I don’t know the correct English translation of its name; but it is the design I picked as my favourite from the very first flick through of this marvellous book. …
