Tim and Kelly… As usual, I made Christmas presents for my family… I started late October, so I was giving myself plenty of time, or so you’d think! I’m a fairly efficient seamster, and I still only just finished a…
Tag: Pattern Magic 2
Knots
I’ve made a dress, utilising the design on p52 of Pattern Magic, by Tomoko Nakamichi. This appears to be a fairly plain dress on a casual glance. But it is not. It has a “feature”: a feature that like many…
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…
Wearing a triangle
First impressions can be deceiving. And one’s first impressions of the “Wearing a Triangle” design from Pattern Magic 2 might just be that it is one of the least wearable designs in the book. That was my own naive silly…
Pattern Magic 2; wearing a square
This was one of the earliest garments in this excellent book to catch my eye, and as it turns out probably the easiest. Only one or two basic measurements and very few seams… While the design is called “wearing a…
Pattern Magic 2; the Vanishing Scarf
I’ve made my first project from Pattern Magic 2, by Tomoko Nakamichi; the vanishing scarf top. Looking through this wonderful book I really couldn’t decide which project to make first. I’m not just saying that. I really couldn’t decide; so…
It was inevitable…
… and was simply a matter of when my self-discipline would falter. I’m classifying this as a belated Mother’s Day present to myself. Actually, I’m supremely excited about this second instalment in the Pattern Magic series by Tomoko Nakamichi, why?…
