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…
Year: 2014
“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…
cafe au lait bootlegs
New jeans/pants/whatevs. Burda 7863, stretch bengaline from Spotlight. So. I guess that’s about all I have to say! I’ve made this pattern what, nine times now, I think. Speaks volumes. The colour is softly pretty, a nice and easy and inoffensive pale…
the travelling yellow skirt freak show
Y’ello! Calling all sunbeamers 😀 I am taking part in the Travelling Yellow Skirt Freak Show! the brainchild of Melanie aka Miz Bagg at Bag and a Beret; and you can read the story behind the yellow skirt and its…
olive faux suede top
I’ve made a new top 🙂 Yoshimi and I saw this very realistic faux suede while out shopping together in Tokyo last January and we both bought some to make tops. Yoshimi made her lovely pale pink top quite quickly.…
