I’ve made a dress, utilising the design on p52 of Pattern Magic, by Tomoko Nakamichi. This appears to be a fairly plain dress on a casual glance. But it is not. It has a “feature”: a feature that like many…
Tag: daily outfit
Cut-out things
I made this little lace jacket/cardi/top thing many years ago, probably ten years ago! way before I started my blog, but even though it has appeared here a coupla times I’ve just realised it’s never been shown, as it were.…
Pisces II
… the other fish! Because we all know Pisces has two fish, right? 🙂 although I’m afraid the best I could eke out was one and a half fish from the length I had! I made a skirt for myself from the remains…
You can leave your hat on…
I’ve made a hat. I used Vogue 8844, and the fabric is a soft ivory corduroy, harvested from a pair of Cassie’s old worn-out jeans that has been living in my good sammies pile for the past four or five…
Aquarius
… the water bearer! So this dress incorporates the design from page 56 of Pattern Magic 2, by Tomoko Nakamichi. It is described as “a flip turn draped design tie appears from the slit in the front bodice for a…
Taupe is dope
Actually, I think the colour of my new ballet flats and scarf is more ecru than taupe, but the name printed on the side of the shoe box was “taupe”. So I’m running with it. Seeing as not much at…
Drape-ity drape
I have made a new top and a new skirt! and am combining the two new garments in one post; since they kinda go together so well and all, and actually the skirt is so… well, bland and basic that…
Yellow pleats. please!
Yes, my title is swiped shamelessly from Issey Miyake’s famous 1993 collection, but I reckon that is OK since this is an Issey Miyake design 😉 And you’ve probably noticed that it is yellow.  A yellow top. Very yellow. Quaite…
