Above: top row L to R; indigo, avocado skin, bracken, lower row L to R; coreopsis, chopped avocado pits, whole avocado pits Progress report. I’ve been fiddling about with natural dyeing for my Totally Local outfit… this is the new name…
Month: April 2016
Morgan boyfriend jeans
I’ve made some boyfriend jeans! Hehe, I actually made these aaaaaaaages ago! and have been dying for the pattern release, just so I can wear them more often. They’re so comfy and easy to wear, they’re my current favourites. …
the year of handmade, 2
above; a few of les outfits de handmade from this month. The whole lot can be seen here So, my second month of wearing exclusively head-to-toe handmade clothing is up… how’s it going? well, still ticking along … 🙂 As predicted; clothes…
black derbys, and some tights
Hello! We’re Carolyn’s feet; don’t know if we’ve been introduced yet, but hi there!! We’re here today to model some more shoes that she’s made… *sigh* yep, we’ve managed to avoid too much of her self-made nonsense for years and years…
Martha goes Impressionist
I’ve made a new dress for Cassie! does’t she look swish and smart and ultra-glam? Well, I reckon so 🙂 Pattern; the Martha dress, from Tilly and the Buttons. I was recently contacted by Joanne from Tilly and the Buttons and…
grey gardens
I’ve made a new dress… a sweet little autumn dress. It’s a quiet dress, and demurely plain in colour; which really throws up the details of the design into the spotlight. The colour fits in with my current clothes-making criteria; to have…
Magdalena Dusk; an Alabama Chanin project
Finally! my Alabama Chanin outfit! It’s finished, and now done and dusted! Yay! I may look all cool, calm and collected on the outside here but on the inside I’m cheering like a madman. Phew. This project has been quite an undertaking……
don’t let the grass grow under your feet
I’ve made some rather funny sandals. Grassy, you know. What, isn’t that normal? Well, you know, you see some materials, you get an idea and you’ve just got to run with it. 🙂 Cassie brought some small pieces of fake grass…
