My new top will come as a very un-surprise to anyone who has been following me in the Sewvember instagram challenge, haha!… This pattern is Burdastyle 04/2014-115, with modified sleeves and my fabric is a silk hessian from Spotlight. It…
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a ladylike skirt
I have lots of “little” skirts, but it’s nice to have some longer, looser, wider skirts too. To be more refined, relaxed, ladylike and elegant, and less, er, whatever I was before. This pattern is Burdastyle 02/2014, 106, and delivers the required…
Ginger jeans
Hello! I’ve made some new jeans 🙂 These are the Ginger jeans designed by Heather of Closet Case Patterns, and named after Sonya of Ginger makes, and I was so happy that Heather asked me to test the pattern. Thanks so…
“Swedish” dress
I’ve made my Swedish souvenir 🙂 I bought this linen-mix with a Swedish designed print in Stockholm during our Scandinavian holiday. I fell in love with the bold and yet delicate print in orange, soft greeny-browns and black on…
a split-backed top
Once upon a time there was a shirt, a man’s shirt. This shirt was superficially unremarkable, but was made out of a wonderful microfibre that had extraordinarily silk-like properties. Soft, ripply, with a quietly glossy sheen, it felt wonderfully cool…
“watercolour” floral lingerie set
Another lingerie set, and a new-to-me bra pattern. This is pattern 2610 for a balconette style bra by makeBra, a Finnish lingerie pattern company. The two pairs of matching knickers are my usual McCalls 2772. The watercolour fabric is from…
Cocoa silk georgette dress
Ok, so I’m on the fence… I’m not sure if my new dress is just an ultra feminine style that I’m not quite used to it yet, or um, sorta hideous. I hope it’s not hideous, that would be pretty tragic…
my Milanese Panther dress
Not the real Milanese panther of course which I understand is a very rare animal… I bought this fabric in Milan during our trip there two years ago. I realised after making up my caramel suede from Denmark that, well *blush* all of…
