After wearing only my own self-made tights throughout 2013 during my year of all-handmade, I have worn some RTW tights a few times lately. And made a surprising discovery. I actually prefer my self-made tights. Funny, hmm? One of the things I had…
Jim jams
Mundane, but oh so welcome and necessary. I’ve been absolutely freezing!!! at night lately and my old winter jammies were as thin as! so this was highest of high on my list of priorities. But it had to still sit…
the spoils from Scandinavia…
I totally should have posted this before, sorry!… some fellow fabric enthusiasts expressed interest in seeing my Scandinavian purchases; the spoils sought and acquired, packed and repacked, schlepped through cities, one cobble-stoned street after another; and once safely home to…
Fashionary tape; and a giveaway
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…
