I am sometimes accused, by family members who shall remain nameless, of never wearing an outfit more than once. Well, ahem, I do wear things more than once, but choose not to bore readers of this blog with repeat photos…
Tag: Fabulous fabrics
Satisfyingly swishy skirt
Dug this skirt out again from the recesses of my wardrobe… I don’t know why I’m not wearing it as often as I once did. I love it. I made this last summer; not the summer we’ve just had but…
Navy blue jacket
Digging through my winter wardrobe is producing some old creations… This jacket I made about two years ago and wore quite a lot for the last two winters. This year I looked at it a bit sideways, wondering if it…
Cloudy with a chance of brights
Yes, (air fist punch) we got rain! And lots of it. And my favourite kind, overnight rain. The garden doesn’t smell at all now … well, OK just a tiny bit, but not like yesterday. When the timing of these…
Need a deluge; now
Please take my word for it that my hair looked quite nice before I got to take this photo; an sudden evil wind struck up out of nowhere and I went from looking unusually chic, smooth and polished to my…
Pattern Magic; project 4
It might seem as though I’ve forgotten about my pledge to work my way through the very excellent book Pattern Magic by Nakamichi Tomoko but I haven’t. It’s just that other sewing projects (such as ballgowns) have intervened and new…
Toasty warm layers
So you can probably tell by my windswept hair in this photo that the weather today is a blustery foretaste of winter to come here in Perth! On a whim this morning while trying to decide what to wear, I…
Khaki jeggings
I’ve submitted my first Pattern Review … er, review. This is for Burda 7863, the slimline pants I’ve just finished for winter. I wanted slimline pants this season so I could wear them tucked into my biker boots, and I’m…
