… in my on-going part-time quest to get great pictures with my dog; can you see her? She is there in the picture… just. Camouflaged well in amongst the rocks… Blue and green together is such a great summer time colour…
Month: December 2011
Blue bunches top; 6 different ways
I thought this little top, from p58 of “Pattern Magic 3” by Tomoko Nakamichi (seen first here), might be a versatile little thing from the very first, since I tried wearing it both frontwards and backwards and it looked equally…
Iceberg garter-stitch jacket
With impeccable timing I have finished a toasty warm little knitted jacket. Yeaah, just in time for these really hot hot summer days ahead, hehe… I’m a bit sad about having to pack it away for a while, but that’s my own…
A handmade Christmas, II
some Christmas decorations… a series of mittens and gloves, of a single width of felt and decorated in various ways. These made nice and simple little gifts for friends. The little glittery gold bell was made by a 4 yr…
A handmade Christmas
I do admire other people’s Christmas trees, the ones which are all glitzy and sparkly and beautifully colour co-ordinated, sometimes even with a new colour scheme each year, but it is just not for us. We have a small artificial…
A tale of a purple dress
Once upon a time, an avid seamstress took a trip far far away to Melbourne. There she visited the fabled Tessuti’s and spenteth up big on fabric. Including a piece of slippery dippery shot rayon-y stuff in a wonderful plummy-chocolate-y…
Flat-felled seaming
Flat-felled seaming is a good finish for a seam where there might be some strain and so where a bit of extra strength is a good thing, such as shoulder seams. You see it on jeans too… Also where double…
Aquarama
I made a skirt for my daughter… I used another piece from the bundle of fabric given to me by my friend C, from her late mother’s stash. Going by certain clues (only 90cm in width, a stapled-on tag from…
