After dropping my youngest son off at work experience I swung by my old childhood neighbourhood to take my photos this morning. This is a stretch of beach I’ve always loved walking along; it soothes my soul and recharges my…
Tag: Fabulous fabrics
A Walk on the Foreshore…
For something a bit different today I’m taking you on a walk with Sienna and me. We usually head out for an hour each morning and briskly zoom along to get our heart rate up high. This is Sienna’s favourite…
Summer trench coat
Every so often I feel the need for a dressmaking challenge, a change from the workaday shirts, blouses, skirts and pants that can be run up in a day or two. When my Monday morning gals gave me a Fabulous…
“Duro” dress
I made this dress from Simplicity 3745 view C (no bow), out of spotted swiss cotton voile with a crotcheted lace trim. I was inspired by the “Duro” dress that was touted in Vogue magazine as being flattering to all…
Dress with weird bodice…
I made this dress for last winter from Burda 7897 from a dark olive green bamboo/cotton mix fabric from Fabulous Fabrics. It was a pretty good basic dress that I wore a lot, but the bodice was a bit weird…
Self-drafted pants
These white linen pants I drafted from my favourite jeans (see here) and even though I’ve got my new pants pattern Burda 7944 that I really like; I still love the fit and shape of these I’m wearing today and…
Ghost Paw
Yesterday at the nursery we bought three of these new kangaroo paws, the colours of which I think are absolutely stunning. The stems are dark purple and the paws at the top are sage green. So unusual. We are pulling…
We will fight them in the sewing rooms…
When I saw this happy sunny cotton print at Fabulous fabrics last year I had to make something out of it immediately. I love the bright bright colours of this fabric and the sort of vaguely exotic ethnic print on…
