A split side seam is a nice feature that adds a bit of visual interest as well as some wearing ease to a straight-hemmed garment, and flat-felling is a smooth and clean finishing technique for seams; but how to manage…
I dye…
… literally. I’m dyeing heaps of stuff lately. My ultramarine corduroy skirt. I was bored with it, and didn’t wear it at all during me-made May even though it was season appropriate. That is A Sign. I dunno, I’d gone…
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) 30th May-4th June from left: ivory jeans, black Tshirt, Chanel style jacket, handknit…
Navy stripes
It was Sam’s birthday a few days back and I made a shirt for him. The fabric is from Spotlight, a medium-weight cotton twill in a heavy cream colour with navy blue stripes. Ahem, stripes again, I know; but hey. It’s…
Browning a couple of things
Remember my Sew Bossy dress, below? It was very… sweet, wasn’t it? I mean, I wish I could wear really pretty things like that, but I think I cannot! But I thought it had promise, it just needed de-twee-ing. before…
White Bombshell
G’day beach babes! OK so I admit it is winter here in Australia now. I can explain… The very clever Heather of Closet Case Files has dropped a literal Bombshell on the sewing world with this, her inaugural swimsuit pattern,…
Navy and white striped Tshirt; 6 different ways
A striped Tshirt seems to be the wardrobe staple of a certain kind of girl, a very stylish and chic kind of girl, that I think is not very like me. I mean, I like to think of myself as…
photo maisonette
Hello! My friend Yoshimi and I have a new venture; photo maisonette, a daily visual diary of our two different lives in our two different worlds in Japan and Australia. The new blog is inspired by the wonderful site 3191 Miles Apart, a…
