A house in our neighbourhood is being renovated, providing me with a wonderfully devastated landscape to borrow for my backdrop today. From this door I should be stepping into to the laundry and bathroom… both of these now residing in…
Navy blue blazer; 6 different ways
Oh this was so easy it felt like cheating; after all, it’s not so much a matter of hunting about to find what will go with a classic navy blue blazer, because of course everything goes with this thing! So rather…
Dress with, er, lace
OK, so my lace addiction is so well documented by now, no need to make any lame excuses… I saw a dress kind of similar to this in a boutique window and I wanted to make something like… as well,…
Blue/green stripe man’s jumper with round neck
Thankyou all for your comments yesterday! It does make me feel so much better that other people feel the same way I do and I’m not the only one! A trip down memory lane for today; this picture is of…
A burdensome expectation…
Since I stopped buying any new readymade clothes I am finding it easier and easier to dress completely self-stitched on a regular basis, as some of my older store-bought clothes are starting to bite the dust. I’ve always found it…
Bobby socks
G’day, and here’s wishing everyone a totally maaaarvellous Wednesday! Hey, new pair of bobby socks (yay). These look identical to the previous white cotton socks I put up here, but they are very slightly different. I appreciate not different to the…
Dove grey skirt, Japanese
So I’ve made a new skirt, this one is skirt “d” from the Japanese pattern book, “Unique Clothes Any Way You Like” by Natsuno Hirawai. I’m already in love with its tendency to flutter and float about my legs as…
Autumn rain cross-stitch
This cross-stitch design I worked as a teenager was part of a Danish calendar, there was a different design to stitch for each month and all were inspired by a natural seasonal feature of that month in some way. Mum…
