I am notoriously bad at tossing out old scraps of fabric. Particularly if I really really like the colour. And I really really like olive. So; after finishing my patched pockets skirt I still had some promisingly largish pieces…
White linen Zsalya dress with patchwork
Hello! I’m wearing a new dress. The cool fingers of winter are tickling at the edges of our days so obviously I had to make a light and fluttery, floaty white linen thing for myself. It was only logical *…
Nettie; by seven
The very clever Heather of Closet Case Files has released another pattern, this one is a must-have basic, the bodysuit, available here. Named Nettie, after the totally gorgeous Nettie of Sown Brooklyn. Of course, I say “must-have” and I didn’t…
SWAP; in conclusion
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…
