Whoarr! It’s such a wild and stormy day here in Perth today!
We had buckets of rain overnight, and now it’s blowing a gale. Sienna and I got caught in a shower this morning, and had to shelter under a tree for what felt like aaaaages and I was cursing myself for not bringing either my raincoat or my phone to call someone to come and rescue us! But it blew over after a while and by the time we’d reached my “photo spot” my hair had received a nice blow-dry courtesy of Mother Nature. Well, that is just about the only type of drying it ever gets apart from in the salon, of course. Only my hairdresser knows how to tame the savage beast 🙂
Anyhow I was pretty pleased with our timing, because just as we walked back through the door the rain came down again!
The rest of my day involves super-exciting office work, but I may get time to nip out to the fabric store later on this arvo. I’m sure hoping so, since I’ve now decided I absolutely need lining to finish off my latest project. Later tonight I am meeting up with velosewer for drinkies and dinner; sooooo looking forward to lots of sewing goss!
min 14C, max 20C, wind and rain, sun and clouds… everything!
Details:
Top; from Pattern Magic, charcoal knit, details here
Skirt; self-drafted, charcoal knit, details here
Leggings; self-drafted, red jersey knit, details here, and using my own tutorial for drafting your own custom-fit tights/leggings here
Shoes; Perrini; I’ve had these so long I can barely remember where I bought them….
Family’s mmm13; Craig is again wearing this shirt. I’m seriously considering hiding shirts to make him rotate them more frequently from now on….
Burda 7767, blue cotton, details here and my review of this pattern here
The shirt looks great! Wanting to make one for the hubs, but need to research a bit more before I start I think 🙂
I always liked that top and it looks fantastic with the grey skirt and the red.
Love the red with the greys and so glad you didn't get too wet. Enjoy dinner tonight with velosewer!
Love the pop of colour with the charcoal. Enjoy your dinner with velosewer – it's always great to have a fellow sewer to chat with.
Charcoal and red, what a lovely pairing of color! I just noticed the funky pockets on Craig's shirt! I love it!
Great outfit! Have fun with Maria. How cool you both get to hang out tonight!
And they pick on poor Melbourne for the weather. Lovely here today but alas I was stuck in an office. I really like this outfit and as usual the photo is stunning.
I saw the weather on the news today and wondered whether you'd even be able to get out for a photo. So glad you could. Love the red with the charcoal. Have fun at dinner.
Great layered look!
Love this look! I don't remember seeing that top before, is so beautiful! Enjoy your dinner with your friend tonight.
I love the look and outfit. Dark colors are my favorite!
Lovely outfit and photo.
Jealous about the rain. We had a mere .24" yesterday and this is still among the 4 driest years in LA since recordkeeping began (~160 yrs).
At least it put out the myriad fires.
Have fun with velosewer.
Thanks for catching up tonight. There's still so much sewing to chat about.
Your outfit looked even better in real life.
Mmm. With the change in the weather, you might not need to hide Craig's shirt now.
That's a great look – really elegant. I am going to follow your method for making the leggings pattern – I really need some (and it's Spring here!)
I like the outfit–dramatic and casual at the same time. I had to look up "arvo". I love becoming a citizen of the world.
The blue shirt is great, mostly because of where you went with the pockets and the epaulets. Nice thinking there.
Love the red legs under the dark skirt!
Pingback: paper doll project - Handmade by Carolyn