New dress, with interesting pockets. While browsing Pinterest, as you do, I came across a line drawing of a very elegant dress on and I immediately knew I wanted to have a go at drafting it for myself. It is…
Ginger jeans
Hello! I’ve made some new jeans 🙂 These are the Ginger jeans designed by Heather of Closet Case Patterns, and named after Sonya of Ginger makes, and I was so happy that Heather asked me to test the pattern. Thanks so…
a blocky sundress
I screen-printed this random murky-coloured block fabric last year, and have finally got around to making it into something. At last! The 5-colour print is my own design; and in fact the dress is my own design too 🙂 Originally I…
Mum. A blog hop. And a thank you.
First things first; I thought I’d open on a note both lovely and interesting, my mother wearing a creation made by her. Mum knitted her top, the Jo Sharp sideways ribbed top using Jo Sharp Soho Summer DK Cotton in col. Pennant. The…
the children’s choice
So recently I had a birthday, and my children gave me a perfectly lovely surprise! fabric of their choice, for a particular pattern also of their choice. It’s like Sew Bossy all over again!! haha, I jest, of course in…
raspberry Alabama Chanin tank dress
I’ve finished a handmade dress. It’s dyed, printed and stitched together entirely by me. This is a fitted tank dress, the pattern is from the book Alabama Studio Sewing + Design, by Natalie Chanin. I dyed shocking pink linen…
a “Norwegian” jacket
I’ve made up my Norwegian souvenir fabric. Pining for the fjords? me? well, maybe just a little 😉 I bought this divinely thick, strong, and sturdy cotton drill in Oslo during our Scandinavian holiday, with dreams of making a boxy, nautically…
a bobbly little top, and some others too
I’ve made a few new tops… Top un; a cosy little pom-pommy top, using pattern 111 from Burdastyle magazine 04-2014 in a bobbly stretch fabric the colour of whipped cream from Fabulous Fabrics. The design has quite an interesting and unusual…
