I have made a few new Tshirts… I’ve noticed a few examples of mixing and matching different colour and/or width stripes in the one Tshirt, and decided to have a go at adding something like to my wardrobe; using up…
Tag: own design
You are all so brilliant!!
Woa, you are all so fabulously switched on and fashion-icon-savvy!! hehe, might I just add; far more so than my husband, who had no idea … 😉 Yes, of course, everyone was correct, I was Annie Hall. My husband…
New-Old Hoodie
There is something exhilarating about transforming textiles otherwise destined for the ragbag into something fabulous … enter exhibit A: the new/old deconstructed hoodie that I have made for myself. I was inspired by a really cute little thing that Cassie…
A Velvet-y Dress
I desired to make for myself something quick and easy and selfishly frivolous… and a Tshirt dress is very quick and easy, yes? The fabric, a stretchy panne velvet from Fabulous Fabrics, is very lush; smooth and slippery and glides over the skin,…
Raincoat the Second
Ta da! please allow me to present the raincoat that I have made for Cassie. It is made using the same self-drafted pattern I used for my own raincoat, with just a few minor fitting adjustments. All the details are…
Smalls
Hehe, I was thinking of calling this post “My First Bra”, but apart from making it sound like the breathless diary entry of a sweet young teen (ahem) I have actually made two bras before; both years and years (and…
Waterproof pockets for a raincoat
I put these pockets in the two raincoats made recently, and they’re pretty well perfectly waterproof. Yay! See, while we have only had mobile phones, iPods and electronic keyless entry thingys on our car keys for a few years, they…
Operation Raincoat
Warning: distinctly un-humble and boastful post to follow… I have made this; my first ever raincoat… :0 and I am thrilled!!!!! with how it turned out! Making a raincoat is one of the scary things I have always wondered was…
