SWAP! I have had a mammoth dressup-and-selfie session. Aaaaagh! How do models do it?! Please excuse any grim, loopy, vacant or otherwise weird facial expressions that pop up randomly amongst the following pics. The good thing is that I am…
Gold Miette
I have knitted a cardigan. And weeeeeeee! this is the final thing in my eleven piece swap. Finished… hurrah! The Miette is designed by Andi Satterlund, and is available as a free download here. Such a great little pattern.…
Inside Out
Meggipeg alerted me to the fact that today, 24th April, is Fashion Revolution Day; thank you Megan! and it was lovely to finally hang out together, in person 🙂 So I am wearing my dress and my cardigan inside out…
“Baseball” skirt and tee
This is just a bit of silliness really; remember I said I had some idiotic plans for my leftover off-white leatherette? well I just hopped straight into it. This is a new skirt, leatherette with red stitching to delineate the seam…
Piped trench
I have made a winter coat for myself! It’s a dark charcoal woollen trench with the seaming and edging accented in pale grey/ivory/bone pleather piping. The charcoal wool has a light gauzy check woven throughout; itself with a teensy houndstooth…
leatherette/pleather piping
I have a word of advice for anyone considering putting leatherette piping in a garment. Don’t. There, I think that just about covers it 😉 Haha, I’m kidding… but seriously now, leather/ette detailing is pretty hot right now and adds a smart…
Patched pockets
Just to provide further proof of my predilection for unusual clothing … please allow me to present my new skirt. This skirt is the love-child of four old pairs of jeans. They were a bit battered but in favourite colours,…
Pink Alabama Chanin T-shirt
I’m very happy and pleased that my Mum agreed to let me photograph her wearing her very recently completed hand-dyed-embroidered-and-stitched creation, and to show the pictures here on my blog … thank you so much Mum! This is Mum’s third…
