I am so glad that Mum brought around her finished Alabama Chanin skirt for me to ooh and ah over; and has allowed me to photograph her wearing it and to show it here on my blog too… thank you…
Tag: embroidery
“Baseball” skirt and tee
This is just a bit of silliness really; remember I said I had some idiotic plans for my leftover off-white leatherette? well I just hopped straight into it. This is a new skirt, leatherette with red stitching to delineate the seam…
Pink Alabama Chanin T-shirt
I’m very happy and pleased that my Mum agreed to let me photograph her wearing her very recently completed hand-dyed-embroidered-and-stitched creation, and to show the pictures here on my blog … thank you so much Mum! This is Mum’s third…
Alabama Chanin; a tank top
Fortunately I have managed to finish the matching embroidered tank top to go with my skirt. Hurrah! for plane trips and the resulting enforced hand-sewing time! I’m so happy with the full ensemble; I like how it looks like a…
Alabama Chanin skirt and tank
Hello! So! after hours (and hours… and hours…) of aeroplane and in-front-of-the-TV stitching, I have finished my first AC project(s). This is the mid-length skirt and the fitted tank top, both from the book, Alabama Studio Sewing + Design, by Natalie…
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…
Vegetable placemats
Occasionally I still come across old things, handmade by me, but still not shown yet on this blog (blush) I found this set of eight linen placemats tucked into the back of my linen cupboard. These were entirely hand constructed and embroidered…
Check-mate
… because I’ve made something in a check, and I’m accompanied by my best-est mate 🙂 The former, a rarity; the latter, far less so! So, the searing-est of searing hot scorchers are but just around the corner, and like a…
