So, shorts, and particularly linen shorts are always going to be a warm weather thing and perhaps not an obvious candidate for “see how useful this item of clothing is!”…. But I am an Aussie after all, and typically lead a…
Tag: 6 different ways
Blue bunches top; 6 different ways
I thought this little top, from p58 of “Pattern Magic 3” by Tomoko Nakamichi (seen first here), might be a versatile little thing from the very first, since I tried wearing it both frontwards and backwards and it looked equally…
Khaki skinny jeans; 6 different ways
It’s hilarious to me now how when I had first set out to make these jeans I was slightly skeptical whether I would wear them much… they have so become the backbone to so many outfits! I think I was…
Burnt-orange skirt; 6 different ways
I’ve been playing with my recently finished burnt-orange skirt, styling it up for a variety of seasons and the different degrees of formality that my lifestyle requires. When I bought this silk hessian I knew its autumnal shades would go…
Purple sheath dress; 6 different ways
I made this silk hessian dress using Burda 8511 about a year and a half ago and yes, this dress has appeared here in a number of mixes already. I have found the simplicity of the design to be a…
Black straight-leg jeans; a post mortem, and 6 different ways
So, I mentioned yesterday that my year-old black straight-legs had bitten the dust, but I hadn’t gone into much detail and I thought it would be helpful to any others starting out with their own pair of jeans to list…
Turquoise pencil skirt; 6 different ways
These posts are a guilty pleasure to me; it’s such fun to play around in my own closet and dream up a whole lot of new ways in which I could possibly wear an old favourite to suit a variety…
Lacey, sort-of Duro dress; 6 different ways
Oooh, I do enjoy doing these more than is healthy. Playing about in my wardrobe, I mean. I made this dress, a modified version of Simplicity 3745 out of white dotted swiss voile and a crocheted lace for the border…
