Aaah, social whirling over and life is back to normal around here for a while… I do like to go out and get dressed up once in a while and the social season is certainly upon us now spring is…
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A glitzy lunch-date
Ahhh, another day, another fashion parade and champagne lunch…. and no, I’m actually not joking. Just quietly I’m getting a little fashion-paraded out, and I never thought those words would ever come from me! ….hehe. No, really, I have seen…
The colours of Spring
Today I attended a very glamourous luncheon and fashion parade with friends, and am now exhausted… so please excuse any crazy bad spelling or random ungrammatical remarks in this post… For this occasion I wore my new pink lace…
Tennis, anyone?
Day 3 of Self Stitched September! and OK, so with honesty I’m not actually playing tennis in this ensemble… This dress was made for last summer; my own design variations based upon New Look 6699, for more details and a…
Daffodil Day
Today is Daffodil Day in Australia. Like just about everyone, cancer has touched my life too. I have lost family members and friends. One close friend is a survivor. It’s nice to have a reason to buy flowers. I would…
Pink lace dress
I’ve made a new dress for spring, but I’ve persuaded Bessie to model it for today… because I’ve started to think about Self-Stitched September coming up where I’ll be documenting my handmade daily outfits everyday (hope that’s not going to…
Domestic diva
Should one make the effort to look stylish when one’s daily schedule involves simply popping into the supermarket, the post office and the bank? Or if one’s place of work is in the home? After all, if the peeps around…
Rocking the double denim look
So here is my new dress, Vogue 1152, with more me-appropriate sleeves (for the “before sleeves”, see the post below). I’m very happy with this now, will be perfect for a casual day-dress suited to the simple warm days not…
