I made this belated birthday present for Cassie; we recently went on a girly shopping expedition together for her birthday present and spent hours browsing, looking at pretty things, chatting, having hot chocolate and enjoying ourselves! we had lots of…
Inseam arrow welt pockets
My example shows a skirt pocket with a 16cm length opening edge bordered by 1cm width welts, although obviously all measurements can easily be altered to give any width of welt or pocket desired. Apply a strip of iron-on interfacing…
High-waisted apricot skirt
I’ve made a new skirt; a high-waisted, knee-length straight skirt, with a self-belt, long double belt loops and in-seam arrow welt pockets. This is skirt 114 from the Solo in White collection from Burda style magazine 04/2014. I’ve waxed lyrical…
Red dress; 6 different ways
It’s been a while since I did one of these! I don’t really have deliberate dress-up sessions to test out my clothes’ versatility any more, but it’s still interesting for me to look back and get a general overview of just…
dress of plastic splattered linen
I’ve made a summery little dress for myself. This is dress F from the Japanese pattern book Stylish Dress Book, by Yoshiko Tsukiori. I’ve made this pattern up once before here, and that polka dot dress is still in…
Carolyn pyjamas
I was supremely flattered when Heather of Closet Case patterns contacted me to ask if it was ok to name her latest pattern after me… wow, seriously?! !!!!! *deeply flattered moment* So the Carolyn pattern is for pyjamas, hehe. Yep, I inspired…
red gingham
… new dress! I feel like I’ve been wearing the same little summer dresses over and over and over. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! because I like them all 🙂 but a few of my standbys are…
#hoodie
I love hoodies. And I love dark browns, crinkly linen and loose relaxed-fit comfy loungewear. Despite all those loves, it’s taken me a ridiculously long time to finish this hoodie. I started it before I left for Melbourne last year!…
