I must admit I felt quite excited as I riffled through the entries using my high-tech lottery determination system to single one out…! Thankyou to all those who participated and left a nice comment, you are all awesome, and so…
Bathers, 2010
I’m feeling veeeeery brave, putting a picture of myself up here, in my bathers! Last year I was way too shy to do this. Please note I’ve modestly veiled my face, so no one can recognise me… (lol) So I’ve…
Chain and tassel necklace; a tutorial
As soon as I saw it I loved this chain and tassel accessory made by the enormously creative and beautiful Maegan, who in turn was inspired by a Blugirl original, and I wanted to have a go at making my own… Maegan…
Red halter-neck sundress; 6 different ways
Ha! The last time I wore this for my blog and I was writing a description, I was about to segue into rhapsodies about how useful a garment it was when it occurred to me I hadn’t done a 6-way…
Fair Isle knitted jumper
Today’s photo is good for a bit of a chuckle, no? The above is a photo taken of my husband and me at our engagement party. I know, we look like babies… this was over twenty years ago. On a…
How to make your own tights
Before I went to Melbourne I had bought from Fabulous Fabrics some wonderful stretch jersey, printed to look like distressed denim, and I knew it just had to be tights… When I made my last tights I had a few requests for…
International Suit-Up Day
What uuuup?! I was planning to do something else for today, but when my son informed me last night that today was International Suit Up Day, well, how could I not? Barney is our family’s favourite character from How I…
One year in cyber-space; and a Give-Away
Today exactly one year ago I started blogging here about my sewing, and as it turned out, some other stuff too! 🙂 To mark the occasion, I thought it might be fun to wear again today the same dress I…
