We’ve just come back from a holiday in Alaska, USA and British Columbia, Canada; had the most AWESOME-est time of course! but more about that later… I made a few bits and pieces to fill in some gaps in the…
Category: sewing
french navy forsythe dress x2 and some tights
hello! I’ve made a couple of new dresses lately… followers of my ootd blog may have seen these pop up over there already. Remember back in January I made up the free Orla dress pattern designed by Sarah May of French…
a red wine pinafore
I’m wearing a new … thing. Is it a dress? Dungarees? An overall…? we used to call these pinafores. Or a pinny. I think it’s pretty cute anyway 🙂 I used to dress my children in corduroy dungarees when they…
more liberty lingerie… and why do I make my own?
On the “news” * the other night they had a little segment where Kmart introduced their new range of $5 bras, which is insanely cheap… and all over again I got to thinking about why I make my own in the…
white Charlie caftan
Seems like aaaages since I was at the beach for these photos! and I can remember it was a glorious 30C that day. Right now it’s still sunny but getting pretty nippy here in Perth; and joyously frolicking in the…
little floral dress; donna karan for vogue
I’ve made this new dress! every year my dear friends give me a Fabulous Fabrics voucher for my birthday… it’s taken me a little while but I finally got around to spending it and making my birthday dress! Pattern; Vogue…
liberty lingerie
I’ve made some new lingerie… arranged here ever so prettily with some sweet little blooms gathered from my garden and scattered just so… doesn’t it look nice? Patterns; ye olde favourites… MakeBra 2610 for le brassiere, and the two sets…
chilli-red paprika jade skirt
Oh hello, fellow needle-wielders! Recently I decided I wanted, nay needed, a new colourful Jade mini-skirt; since my purple one was tragically taken too soon… *a minute’s silence, please* … Well, ta da! I’d gone back to Knitwit in search…
