I had some fabric; fabric that I loved but that intimidated me with its gorgeousness. It is beautiful and luxurious, and I used to take it out of my stash periodically and smile and sigh over it, admire its intricacy,…
Tag: daily outfit
Sometimes, doing nothing…
… is all that is needed. This is a bit of nothingness really, but I am wearing something for the first time here: my floaty cloud of a scarf. This is one of my Parisian fabric purchases about which I…
Red Riding Hood
…along with requisite “wolf” hehehe. This is the latest in my attempts to make usable things out of things not being used…. I pulled out of my bag of toss-outs this oversized cotton cardigan along with another old Tshirt tossed…
Spiral leggings
From my first flick-through the book I always knew this project was a must-make… the spiral leggings on p 52 of Pattern Magic 3, by Tomoko Nakamichi. The design is, like so many in the Pattern Magic series, excessively cool.…
Sleeve
Tattoo-ed sleeves are a “fashion” trend just like anything else, and so hot right now! (ergo, probably destined to be so not some day 🙂 ) in the meantime I’ve made for myself a new Tshirt that is a nod to…
A tee or three
I have made a few new Tshirts… I’ve noticed a few examples of mixing and matching different colour and/or width stripes in the one Tshirt, and decided to have a go at adding something like to my wardrobe; using up…
New-Old Hoodie
There is something exhilarating about transforming textiles otherwise destined for the ragbag into something fabulous … enter exhibit A: the new/old deconstructed hoodie that I have made for myself. I was inspired by a really cute little thing that Cassie…
Peppercorn cardigan
I have knitted a cardigan. The pattern is Jo Sharp’s “Tweed Coat” available as a free downloadable pattern here and the yarn is Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed in Peppercorn (col 425) which I bought during the 30% off closing…
