Hello! 🙂 So what’s new here? Just a colour, really. My Issey Miyake pleated top (vogue 1142) used to be a cheerful daffodil yellow, and now it is a murky-lurky, swampy, toxic-waste shade of green. Definitely far more me 😉 Hoorah for dye!…
enclosing all seams in a double layered top/dress
This is a method for sewing a double layered sleeveless dress or top in such a way that all seam allowances are enclosed within the two layers. This could be used to create entirely reversible garments as well as simply giving a…
some tops
I’ve made a couple of new tops lately 🙂 I’ve made this design once before so I knew I’d like this new one too. It is a modified version of the loose draped top from drape drape, by Hisako Sato. Modified…
Big baggy pockets…
… with bonus skirt. It is an unusual skirt, admittedly. That’s OK. One description could focus on the fact that it is softly creamy in shade, ever-so-slightly crinkly in texture, interestingly layered in construction, and easily breezily comfortably summery as…
Issey Miyake tucked dress
I’ve made a new dress. Part of that swap-eroonie…. which does seem like a vague dream from the distant past now; but actually upon which progress has happily been made. *gasp* *self back-pat*. My new dress is from an old Vogue…
Alabama Chanin; a tank top
Fortunately I have managed to finish the matching embroidered tank top to go with my skirt. Hurrah! for plane trips and the resulting enforced hand-sewing time! I’m so happy with the full ensemble; I like how it looks like a…
Japan, skiing; a travel wardrobe
Hello! we have just returned from our totally marvellous family holiday to Japan! and I’ve had the last few days to thaw out and wash everything: the washing machine has been going strong 3-4 times a day and now the small mountain…
“swoosh” welt pocket
To those who showed an interest in the swoosh welt pocket on my Tao blouse; thank you 🙂 and it was my take on this welt pocket for which Patty wrote a very in-depth tutorial. The fabric I used for my blouse is…
