I’ve made a new top. It is a plain little top, but to my eyes the lovely thing about it is the fabric; a beautifully soft cotton gauze, and the charming hand-painted look to its print. A short story… About a month…
Year: 2014
a natty little nightie
This was a need. A very desperate need. My lovely, fluffy, cosy, snuggly warm winter PJ’s are rapidly becoming unbearably so, meaning… IT’S SUMMER NIGHTIE TIME!!!! I wanted the “IT’S CLOBBERING TIME!!” font for that bit there, but…
patchwork Sandpoint top
I’ve made a new top. Well, kinda new from old actually, since it’s made from 4 old Tshirts cut up and patched together. My refashioning bag yielded; a light purply-brown from Craig, two pinks from Tim, and a chocolate-y one which is…
simple buttoned cuff
This is an understated little feature to jazz up the end of a plain sleeve. It’s mainly decorative rather than useful, but I think it does look kinda cute 🙂 To add this, you will need to cut your sleeves…
a creamy little double-fronted top
My new top will come as a very un-surprise to anyone who has been following me in the Sewvember instagram challenge, haha!… This pattern is Burdastyle 04/2014-115, with modified sleeves  and my fabric is a silk hessian from Spotlight.  It…
Oblique mitred corners
I’m taking part in bimble and pimple‘s Sewvember instagram challenge, and on day two our mission, should we choose to accept it, *Dun Dun dundundun Dun*… was “technique”. I happened to be doing a couple of oblique mitred corners that…
a ladylike skirt
I have lots of “little” skirts, but it’s nice to have some longer, looser, wider skirts too. To be more refined, relaxed, ladylike and elegant, and less, er, whatever I was before. This pattern is Burdastyle 02/2014, 106, and delivers the required…
studio faro pocket dress
New dress, with interesting pockets. While browsing Pinterest, as you do, I came across a line drawing of a very elegant dress on and I immediately knew I wanted to have a go at drafting it for myself. It is…
