An in-seam side pocket is a pretty simple, basic and close-to invisible pocket, and is a modification I make to a heckuvva lot of my own sewing projects. It can be added to most garments that are loose enough to allow you…
White trees and buttons
I’ve sewn up my white trees fabric… into a top! I drafted it myself but it is a pretty simple silhouette; basically a big oversized T-shape, with something interesting in the form of the completely open top edge. The top…
the paper doll project
(I’ve pledged to wear only clothes handmade by me this year and to sketch my daily outfits in my Fashionary. I’m calling this; the paper doll project) 6th-11th October from left: pale grey hoodie, grey skirt from jeans, white Tshirt…
Audrey in Unst, in Blue
I am finishing all of my winter knitting projects just in the nick of time for them all to be packed away. Woot! This is pretty typical for me. I think I really should plan my wardrobe far more efficiently and be…
Chequered Elisalex
Hello! A little while ago Liz contacted me to generously send her copy of the By Hand London Elisalex pattern to me. Thank you so much Liz! Obviously I leapt at the chance to try out this deservedly popular pattern 🙂…
Gunmetal linen trousers to jacket-y thing
So new top… well, new? not really, this funky little jacket was until recently a pair of menswear-inspired, wide-legged, linen trousers, that have been sitting in my re-fashioning bag for a coupla years now. True! I took them out to wear as fancy…
the paper doll project
(I’ve pledged to wear only clothes handmade by me this year and to sketch my daily outfits in my Fashionary. I’m calling this; the paper doll project) 24th-29th September from left: white wrap top, grey-green layered skirt, army jacket Wedgwood…
Sandy top with gold bits
OK, so I’ve made a top. Simple, fairly plain, unexciting even? but I’m totally happy with it anyway. Hard to see in the photo above, but the front and back neckbands have little golden swirls, twirling and tumbling sinuously around it. Screen-printed…
