Firstly, thank you so much for all those lovely comments on my cardigan! I was overwhelmed to read so many kind words… and with regard to my little rant; also to stress that I am not down on Burdastyle per…
Tag: dress
Cassie’s dress
I made a dress for Cassie. Soooo, in clothing my boys I have played about as much as I dared, adding fun little details and extra bits and bobs here and there to their handmade garments, perfecting the tailoring… but the fact remains that the…
A tale of a purple dress
Once upon a time, an avid seamstress took a trip far far away to Melbourne. There she visited the fabled Tessuti’s and spenteth up big on fabric. Including a piece of slippery dippery shot rayon-y stuff in a wonderful plummy-chocolate-y…
Old things…
… this will be the very last of my “old things” posts. I promise. I’ve done a mammoth sort-through of the photos and I think this is it! (heaves a sigh of relief…) Firstly, since this is the only garment…
In the pink; a cocktail dress
I came across this old thing when I was cleaning out my wardrobe… hehehe Well truthfully, it is a bit of an old thing, but obviously when I made it I put considerable time and effort into it (OK, I hope…
Sunset maxi-dress
I have been seeing stacks of floaty-to-the-max, hippy-dippy maxi-dresses in totally gloriously over-the-top colours and patterns in catalogues and magazines as a staple for yet another summer. So decided I just had to make myself one. It was a bit of a business,…
Pattern Magic 3; dress with 4 sleeves
… aka; the design on page 18. I’m sorry I don’t know the correct English translation of its name; but it is the design I picked as my favourite from the very first flick through of this marvellous book. …
Pattern Magic linked-front dress
A new dress…! This is drafted from the Japanese pattern book Pattern Magic, by Tomoko Nakamichi. Since mine is the Japanese version I don’t know its translated name, but it is the design on p49. There is a bit of…
