I’ve made up my Norwegian souvenir fabric. Pining for the fjords? me? well, maybe just a little 😉 I bought this divinely thick, strong, and sturdy cotton drill in Oslo during our Scandinavian holiday, with dreams of making a boxy, nautically…
Month: September 2014
a bobbly little top, and some others too
I’ve made a few new tops… Top un; a cosy little pom-pommy top, using pattern 111 from Burdastyle magazine 04-2014 in a bobbly stretch fabric the colour of whipped cream from Fabulous Fabrics. The design has quite an interesting and unusual…
chunky two tone sandals
I’ve made my second pair of shoes! suede and vinyl, medium heeled, clog-like sandals. I really like them stylistically.  In fact dare I say, I even love them a little bit!  My general criteria with my self-made stuff is: would I buy…
pink
I’ve rejigged these strawberry pink jeans into a skirt. I made the jeans two years ago using an Au Bonheur des petites mains pattern courtesy of shams, thank you shams! There’s lots of things I liked about the jeans; they…
“framing” with an inset strip in a pieced garment
This method gives what could best be described as an inset strip. It can be used to “frame” individual pieces and will highlight the piecing in a design as an interesting feature. It is a flat strip set alongside a…
“Swedish” dress
I’ve made my Swedish souvenir 🙂 I bought this linen-mix with a Swedish designed print in Stockholm during our Scandinavian holiday. I fell in love with the bold and yet delicate print in orange, soft greeny-browns and black on…
one week one pattern
Hello! I’ve been taking part in One Week One Pattern again. Where we wear a representative of one pattern, for every day of a week. I am completely unable to resist a clothing challenge and particularly one tied up with sewing, so…
blue ray
Winter is officially over here, so right on target I’ve finished a wintery little dress. 🙂 I spent some quality time with my dyepot, dyeing bright blue corduroy in four different moody blues for the colour blocking. This is my second version of…
