… but we are just past the half-way mark for Me-Made March… yay! When I’ve already taken a picture of myself in this dress, and what’s more wearing these very same sandals with it too, it’s so sorely tempting to just use…
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Mad dogs and Englishmen*
That old line about mad dogs and Englishmen going out in the midday sun kept popping into my head as we were out here this morning. Although technically speaking, it is before nine o’clock in the morning and nowhere…
Chocolat
This is another dress made years ago, that periodically gets worn a lot, and periodically gets shoved into the back of the wardrobe because I’m tired of it, only to periodically rediscover it with cries of joy when those hot…
Burda 7723, a pattern review
These shorts aren’t new here on the blog, I made them over a year ago and have worn them a zillion times since, although not for Me-Made-March yet. Since this version here was my first attempt at this now fairly…
Get shorty
Feeling stunned at the tsunami in Japan; relieved that my friends there are OK while simultaneously horrified at the devastating footage we’ve seen… Briefly; this morning, this dress still looked like this… Frumpy, yes? I just felt dowdy. So…
Dressing for the office…
hehe… No really, this is what I wore to the office, today! I know it appears that I spend all of my time gallivanting about in the great outdoors, and let’s face it, the pictorial evidence is here that I…
An uninspired pairing
Me-Made-March, Day 10; an (older) skirt, with a (newer) top. Today I hopped into Spotlight for thread, and miraculously got out without buying any more fabric. Came this close, but steeled my will. But bought a shawl-collared blouse pattern, Burda 8218,…
The Indestructible Dress
Me-Made-March, Day 9 Today involved a visit to the vet, which required grappling with and stuffing two cats into one cat box, very much against their will, and a dog on her lead who was so excited at thinking she…