Hello! I’ve got a small handful of new stuff to show off present … four things to be precise! Firstly, two sage green/pale coffee, checked tweed skirts. I inherited this beautiful quality piece of wool tweed from my grandmother’s stash after she…
Tag: Pattern Magic 3
blue Pattern Magic hoodie; 6 different ways
During a recent closet clean-out I decided to bid adieu to this royal blue hoodie type of a thing. I made it a few years ago from Pattern Magic 3, and have worn it to death! Cue orchestral flourish, aaaaand,…
Full Moon, restyled
Wow! As soon as I saw the re-styling suggestions in my comments I realised how right you all were… thank you! I can see now my outfit was a wee bit on the frumpy side. I guess I was being…
Full Moon, from Pattern Magic 3
I have made a new …. er, thing. A top? Yup, I think I have made a new top. Maybe it’s more of an experiment than a top really. One of the drafting exercises exploring how the placement of apertures…
Spiral leggings
From my first flick-through the book I always knew this project was a must-make… the spiral leggings on p 52 of Pattern Magic 3, by Tomoko Nakamichi. The design is, like so many in the Pattern Magic series, excessively cool.…
Clipped Wings; a top
Here is my latest from Pattern Magic 3, by Tomoko Nakamichi; this is the top from p61/91. The seamlines at the side and centre back seams of this top are gently angled out, causing the top to fall in a…
Peekaboo in blue
New top, woot! Its real name is a mystery to me, but the word peekaboo just pops irresistably into my head every single time I look at it so there it is! This is the project on p20 of Pattern…
Some basics…
Nothing in this post is write-home-about exciting, but I have been laying down some handy layering basics for the cooler days that will be coming up …. sometime? … 🙂 I’m thinking ahead, to autumn. Planning, you know. Being organised …
