* … Tennessee Williams… Hello! I’ve made a new skirt. Hehe, hot on the heels of writing that I was a wee smidgeon tired of making Vogue 1247 skirts; what should I do? but immediately make another one!! Doh!! Clearly there’s…
Category: sewing
sage skirt, sage skirt, ivory top, orange hand warmers
Hello! I’ve got a small handful of new stuff to show off present … four things to be precise! Firstly, two sage green/pale coffee, checked tweed skirts. I inherited this beautiful quality piece of wool tweed from my grandmother’s stash after she…
Marimekko dress
what’s with the ballet pose? I have no idea. Anyway… I have a Marimekko dress. *pinches self* *sits in reverent silence for a minute* See, to have a Marimekko dress is something I’ve kinda lusted after for a long long…
side seam with inset strip and bound-edge inseam pocket; a tutorial
btw this fabric here is fulfilling a long held dream of mine…. a Marimekko dress!! print is Pieni Unikko 2, 100% cotton, available here… yes, you can get Marimekko fabric in Australia! More details on the dress in a future post to come… 🙂 Also,…
jean genie
I’ve made a new dress using a bunch of my kids’ old jeans that I have been saving for this very purpose… and please note; yes, I am wearing denim shoes that I also made from old jeans, hehehe. Just adding to…
unselfish sewing
Hello! just a few quick items for today… I’ve actually been sewing a few things for other people! Scary stuff, huh. I mean, it’s one thing that I can see all my own flaws in things I make for…
khaki Tosti jacket
Hello! For ages I’ve wanted to replace my old beloved khaki ripstop army-style jacket… I LOVED that thing and even did a 6 different ways post on it once. At some point I decided I’d made the sleeves just a smidgeon too short…
something 80’s
So; like, we were going to this 80’s themed party, and, like, EVERYONE in this particular group always dresses up to the max! Not dressing the part would be heinous! and of course I had to be fully self-made, ‘cos of my…
