OK. I know this is a bizarr-o looking sleeve. Luckily Bessie is an uncomplaining model. Trust me, this isn’t the strangest looking thing in this book, but I still consider the drafting exercises in Pattern Magic by Nakamichi Tomoko to…
Tag: dyeing
“What a curious feeling…”
When I sat under this tree today I felt a bit like a gypsy-ish Alice in Wonderland. I had this big solid tree comfortably at my back with its branches swaying and drooping, its canopy of foliage like a whispering…
My husband gave me flowers…
Actually he gave these to me a few days ago and they’ve been sitting on our kitchen bench looking fresh, optimistic and cheerful and brightening up my days with that particularly intense clarity of simple colour, that gerberas are so…
A dye-job
Looking through my wardrobe searching for new combinations of my clothes to wear each day, I am continually struck by how many of my shirts are … white… Yes, can’t seem to break my white shirt habit; I just love…
Cool and casual for a hot hot day
Remember this bright bright white top? Almost needed your sunnies just to look at it? And do you remember me saying I thought I had way too many white tops and it was time for a dye-job? So, I…
Golden glow
Sunday, 18th October 2009 Mum in a comment asked how I was planning to spice up my life….well, that’s a curly question! But a good starting point would be to spice up my wardrobe, as if I needed an excuse…