Omygosh, busy or what?! It’s been one of those ridiculous days; zipping about from one thing to the next and managing to achieve… well tonnes! Have you ever had one of those super busy days which by its own very…
Year: 2011
Navy, with ivory shirt
So, here we go, the first day of Spring, and the first day of a month of all self-stitched fun, to be seen in entirety here. As usual, when the pressure is on to dress for a challenge like this…
Seafoam linen shirt, with smile-y faces
A new linen shirt for Craig… Burda 7767, again. I didn’t even fold up or put away the pattern after making my “army” shirt, just laid out the fabric and cut out this one straight away… efficient, or what?! My…
A new arrival…
…an addition to the “family” soooo cute, no?! I just couldn’t resist, when my mother told me these were on sale in Spotlight, and she reminisced about how a lot of ladies used to have these miniature sewing machines back…
Pattern Magic linked-front dress
A new dress…! This is drafted from the Japanese pattern book Pattern Magic, by Tomoko Nakamichi. Since mine is the Japanese version I don’t know its translated name, but it is the design on p49. There is a bit of…
Weddings, parties, and other special events…
… seem to be the only times we ever took any photos of our family. So thank goodness for those! I didn’t do a heck of a lot of sewing when I had three tiny children. I do have…
Arrowhead tabs; or, Ways to fancy up your shirt
One of the easiest ways to add a little something extra to a plain man’s button-up shirt is to put on a few arrowhead button tabs. My husband is a very classic dresser and prefers his shirts without embellishments such…
Army shirt (not really…)
… but my interpretation of a sorta military look. I love khaki and all muddy colours, and felt a khaki/muddy/sludgy coloured shirt would be just the thing; and once the military mindset had taken a hold on me it wasn’t…
