After I had finished my greige corduroy jeans I had a bit of leftover fabric, not much but too much to throw away… and it didn’t take long for me to haul out a shorts pattern… I totally love this…
Downgrading a “good” dress
Does anyone else downgrade their dresses? Move the snazzies out of category “with heels and make-up only” and over to “OK to walk the dog in”? Last year this dress was a “good” dress. I wore it to lots of…
Three Grim Reapers
OK, we don’t really observe Halloween here in Australia. Trick-or-treating, definitely not. But sometimes there is the odd party happening at this time that adopts a Halloween-y theme and thus provides an excuse for people to dress up in weird outfits. So,…
Hoodie McCloud
Don’t ask me why the silly name I’ve dubbed my new hoodie. I have no explanation myself. I surprise myself with my inner loon sometimes… The lovely Mary had a giveaway and sent me this cute hoodie pattern, KwikSew 3667,…
An essential petticoat
The first time I wore this new cocktail dress was at a standing cocktail function; and all was hunky dory. Felt a million bucks and the dress was perfect. The second time I wore it was to a sit-down lunch…
A whiter shade of pale…
Today being slightly cooler (and on a side note, man has this been a delightfully warm spring…!) I am finally able to wear the scarf that Sam brought me as a gift from his trip to France. It is a…
“Rooster”, a drawing
Of course my first love is sewing, but very occasionally from time to time, I dabble in other creative stuff. This is a pencil drawing I did for my father’s birthday a few years back. Mum and Dad now have…
Crisp white shirt; check
A while ago I identified a hole in my wardrobe; supposedly a basic that no woman should be without, and have now dutifully filled it. One crisp white shirt; check. Now my husband can relax that his white linen shirt…
