So in a bit of a tangent from wedding sewing; the weather has turned super cold, unseasonably so actually, for this early 🙁 and my old winter pj’s had got drastically thin to the point where I’ve accidentally poked a…
Category: sewing
jasika blazer
Remember in my 2018 end of year round-up I mentioned briefly I had made a Big Thing? Well this is it! A tailored blazer… this is the Jasika blazer, the newest design by Heather of Closet Case patterns. Well, what…
a celestial dress, and some other things
So, I made a dress… or something?! I’m not 100% sure about this one. Is it a dress? or a nightie? or maybe a choirboy/celestial angel robe? The jury is out! One thing I am sure of is that it’s…
unicorn
So I’m knee deep in wedding-dress biz, which I LOVE, of course! but I took a little time out just to make something fripperous and frivolous and quick and easy, just for me. Think of this as like a tiny serve of…
the A-line Perth dress; a short tutorial
So, I popped on my original Perth dress today and I realised this post is way overdue and I’ve been owing it for some time… I’m sorry for being so slack! I have to admit that a reasonable number of…
2018; a retrospective
Ah, it’s the 31st December, when I look back over of my year of making and wearing and do a little analysis… to kick off, some of my favourite pictures/outfits, one for each month. Several of these pictures are not…
rope market bag
< So this is embarrassing… I made this bag in October… last year! It has sat up in my laundry, only awaiting the handles; and the following draft post has been sitting forlornly in my drafts folder ALL THAT TIME.…
the bumper Christmas edition
So, every Christmas I like to make a small mountain of stuff for my loved ones; this year was a smaller mountain than previously, mostly because I embarked upon a sorta epic making-adventure of a more selfish variety, ahem ……