Ok, so I’m on the fence… I’m not sure if my new dress is just an ultra feminine style that I’m not quite used to it yet, or um, sorta hideous. I hope it’s not hideous, that would be pretty tragic…
Year: 2014
Chocolate…
… mm mmmmm, it looks just exactly like Bessie has had a giant big vat of melted chocolate poured all over her, yes? So, after I cut the pockets out of this delicious chocolate brown silk charmeuse for my suede…
my Milanese Panther dress
Not the real Milanese panther of course which I understand is a very rare animal… I bought this fabric in Milan during our trip there two years ago. I realised after making up my caramel suede from Denmark that, well *blush* all of…
Caramel suede cardigan/jacket
o hello 🙂 I’ve made a suede cardigan for myself, or is it a jacket? The pattern says “jacket” but I tend to think of jackets as being kinda involved, time-consuming things to make, with lining and so forth. While…
On tights and socks…
After wearing only my own self-made tights throughout 2013 during my year of all-handmade, I have worn some RTW tights a few times lately. And made a surprising discovery. I actually prefer my self-made tights. Funny, hmm? One of the things I had…
Jim jams
Mundane, but oh so welcome and necessary. I’ve been absolutely freezing!!! at night lately and my old winter jammies were as thin as! so this was highest of high on my list of priorities. But it had to still sit…
the spoils from Scandinavia…
I totally should have posted this before, sorry!… some fellow fabric enthusiasts expressed interest in seeing my Scandinavian purchases; the spoils sought and acquired, packed and repacked, schlepped through cities, one cobble-stoned street after another; and once safely home to…
Fashionary tape; and a giveaway
I was thrilled to receive recently Fashionary’s newest and latest invention; the Fashionary tape. This is a dressmakers’ tape measure, but it’s not not just any old ordinary tape measure. The measuring tape has all the body measurements a person…
