I knew I should attempt to work this jacket into at least one day of the one-week-one-pattern challenge. And today is the coolest day forecast for this week (27C) so I decided that today just had to be that day.…
White as white…
I’m pretty good with laundry. These shorts are a testament to that, since I made them over two years ago, the first pair of shorts using this week’s pattern Burda 7723; and despite being subjected to rock-climbing, hiking, camping (just…
Get shorty
This week I am taking part in another cool online sewing community project; the One Week One Pattern project set up by Tilly… yay! I love join-in stuff like this! So the idea is that we choose one pattern and…
Fun with Photoshop
I’ve got a version of Photoshop with which to experiment, and I found a really fantastic ombre tutorial here. This photo has a single gradient layer added; (33.3% (Gradient Fill 1, RGB/8*)* … er, I don’t really know what that actually means,…
Dusky pink ‘bustle” skirt; 6 different ways
This dusky pink skirt of a very simple and yet at the same time very unusual shape has been one of my favourites since I made it and it has appeared multiple times here on the blog already. It is…
More finishing details for jersey knits
In making my grey striped jersey dress here, I opted to re-inforce the shoulder seams. I do not re-inforce the shoulder seams in all my knit garments, but in this case; a long tank dress in a stretchy fabric, where…
A little bit of Sunshine…
Recently Donna gave me the Sunshine award, thank you so much Donna! I thought at first that I already had this one… but I noticed that this Sunshine award is a New-and-Improved Sunshine award that now comes with a cool little…
St Patrick’s Day
I’m a wee bit late, but … Fabio is after wishing a Top o’ the Morning to all ye people of the Irish persuasion!
