I’ve just been updating a few bits and bobs in my wardrobe… when I get bored or dissatisfied with a particular item but it’s still in perfectly good nick or I still kinda like it because of a good shape/style…
ziggyzag madness
buzzy buzz I’ve made some zigzaggy bumblebee pyjamas, but not for me. This was a request. It is nice to get a request! well, every now and again I mean. Not too frequently, hehe. I know they look pretty baggy…
Mississippi Avenue
I’ve made a little sundress for myself 🙂 in very fine, light handkerchief-grade linen from Fabulous Fabrics, deep browny/olive green. I asked my husband how to describe the colour and he replied immediately “Sherman tank”, haha. Hmmm! I’ve been told a…
the difficulty of black lace…
… is in getting it to show up in a picture. My new skirt looks completely boringly plain in these pictures, which just proves it; the camera does lie! Actually it has a rather beautiful lace appliquéd tulle overlay. I guess…
making felt from fleece
Hello! So furthering onward with my one year one outfit adventures, I thought I would put together a post on my other efforts so far… I have also been making my fabric for the other components of my outfit. Yes,…
that 70’s show
I dragged this dusty, cobwebby ol’ 70’s skirt from outta some trunk in the attic… hehe, just kidding. It’s new 🙂 A chocolate pleather, A-line, midi skirt was high on my mental list of things to make for myself this winter…
blue Pattern Magic hoodie; 6 different ways
During a recent closet clean-out I decided to bid adieu to this royal blue hoodie type of a thing. Â I made it a few years ago from Pattern Magic 3, and have worn it to death! Cue orchestral flourish, aaaaand,…
alpaca cardigan; a 100% local product
So, at the beginning of the year I mentioned that I was taking part in one year one outfit, the brain child of Nicki of this is moonlight; the challenge being that we participants have one year in which to make…
