What: I’ve finished knitting a new cardigan; another Miette, yes, that fantastically popular cardigan design and it’s super easy to see why, too. Such a quick and easy thing to make, top-down, seamless, cute with nicely subtle zig-zag lace design at…
Natural dyeing; sour grass on merino wool
Inspired by Nicki of this is moonlight, I’ve been having a go at solar dyeing. What is solar dyeing…? well, it’s basically just chucking fabric and chopped up organic material into a glass jar and leaving it outside for a…
Lace-y bralette + undies
I’ve made a new lingerie set and I think it turned out quite noice. This little soft bralette design has been bouncing around in my mental wish-to-make-list for yonks. It’s more of a pull over the head, lacy camisole than a…
I made matching shoes and bag
I’ve finished the next coupla components in my 1 year 1 outfit project! First up; shoes! Following the same formula that I used for my previous two pairs of shoes; these have a carved wooden base and a fabric top.…
snuggly chocolate-y ensemble
True to form, right at the beginning of spring I’ve made a rather wintery ensemble for myself. Typical! 😀 No, actually Mari from Seamster Patterns contacted me again asking me to take part in the second and last part of…
an all Western Australian dress
OK; it’s done, the second and arguably the most time consuming component of my one year one outfit project! Can I just interject right here… WOOOOHOOOOO! Phew! so, just saying, but I’m tentatively predicting that this one piece could…
forest green twist top
I’ve made a new top. This is, as my title oh-so subtly suggests, the twist top from Pattern Magic; and is my fourth iteration of this top. First three are here, here and here. Clearly I love this design. And…
reversible infinity, or twist, dress
I love working out convoluted construction puzzles in the process of sewing something and this new dress ticked that box very nicely. It looks kinda plain upon first glance, but it’s actually based upon a very unusual twisted design by Anita,…
