I was thrilled to receive recently Fashionary’s newest and latest invention; the Fashionary tape. This is a dressmakers’ tape measure, but it’s not not just any old ordinary tape measure. The measuring tape has all the body measurements a person…
Magicka robe
Have you heard of Magicka? That’s OK, I hadn’t either until less than a week ago. Now I consider myself an expert, at least on the attire. This weekend is Supanova weekend in Perth and Sam wanted a Magicka robe.…
Fabric shopping in Scandinavia
When going away I like to buy at least one piece of fabric or some yarn from a place, so I can make for myself a wearable souvenir. So how fortunate that fabric shopping in Scandinavia is fantastic!! Our first…
a travel wardrobe; Scandinavia
Travelling! We’re home from a perfectly delightful sojourn in Scandinavia, back to a house full of the noise and busy-ness of offspring and animals, of cooking and cleaning. Not to mention a mountain of washing. I’ve done 3-4 loads a…
Me-Made May 2014
So once more I have LOVED taking part in me-made May again this year! I participated in the Flickr group every day but decided to just write one summary post here on my blog about my experience; which is this…
More on sewing knit bands
eleynagomez asked how I made the thumbhole bands on my Nettie bodysuit, thank you so much for asking! I didn’t take any pictures while I was making the real thing but I sat down this weekend and ran up a…
Little black polka-dots
I’ve made a dotty little cardigan 🙂 Yes, it seems like I’m turning out new stuff everyday, but the truth is that some of my recent items have been finished for up to a few weeks or more and it is…
Lolly-pink lingerie set
Fulfilling a need rather than a want, I made another lingerie set for myself. It’s not speccie* but just a bread-and-butter everyday set, with a Tshirt bra and two pairs of matching plain undies. The fabric is a strawberry pink…
