This gathered pocket sits inside and at the side edge of a loose-fitting garment such as an unfitted dress or tunic top, and can be adapted to go in a loose, flowy skirt also. It is best suited to lightweight fabrics. Firstly, making the pattern…
Category: sewing
light as a cloud
I’ve made a softly floaty blouse 🙂 of course just as summer is on the way out… o no, wait, actually summer is over! However we’re still getting days of 40C. Not that I’m complaining, mind you. I love the warmth! Only thing is…
black Oxford shoes, with pinking
I’ve made another pair of shoes. They’re a bit shonky, dodgy and clutsy, and clearly home-made, particularly those rough n’ ready heels, but y’know what? I LOVE THEM!!! Pattern; classic Oxford shoe style, drafted by myself; my tutorial for drafting your…
dark chocolate suedette
I’ve made a new little top. And I’m so happy with it in my outfit! far more than I thought I would be 🙂 Making the little top was almost a spur of the moment thing… see, I’m going out tonight and…
cherry red sneakers
Woa, crack out the sunnies! So, my second pair of sneakers. Bit bright, eh?! Pattern, drafted it myself. I’ve written a little tutorial on how I made my pattern, coming soon. Fabric; cherry red cotton corduroy, bias binding; a red small-print floral.…
floral sneakers
Hello! I’ve made some more shoes! floral sneakers. Now, I have to admit; they may look kinda superficially cute at a distance, however close up they’re a bit of a fail. I’m considering them a wearable fail though, since they’re all stuck together firm…
a shearling jacket
As sneaky-peeked previously; my shearling jacket, and man, I’m so happy with it!! It turned out just exactly how I hoped, and was the most wonderfully cuddliest, comfiest thing to have with me in our recent visit to Japan; I loved bundling up in it each…
buttonholes in shearling; a tutorial
When making my shearing jacket I came up to the important matter of buttonholes… what to have? I’d googled and pinned a few shearling jackets when planning the details and features that I wanted to have in my new jacket, but…
