The clever AnaJan of Stepalica is designing patterns now! and I was honoured when she very kindly sent to me her debut design, the Nougat dress to try out. Thank you so much Ana! The Nougat is a classic, waisted, sleeveless A-line dress with…
Tag: pattern review
Libra
… the sign of the scales. So at first sight there may appear to be absolutely nothing scales-y or balanced or anything at all even vaguely Libran about my ensemble. So what on earth is the Libran element here… ?…
the Panellist
I’ve made a new dress! a dress comprised of panels and bands. This is Vogue 1316 and I made it using three pairs of old corduroy jeans, ivory, chocolate and a faded black; plus a piece of new black corduroy, itself…
Future Grrrrl!
Whoa! who is that babe? It’s FUTURE GRRL! So; Cassie was going to a Futuristic party… and had a firm idea of how she wanted to look. To make this sartorial vision a reality she wanted a flamboyant and luxuriously…
Cancer, the sign of the crab
I have made a new dress. And here I am wearing it to scramble about on the rocks, just like a, er, crab….? …..? well, it’s a tenuous little link!! I made it using a new-to-me pattern Vogue 1317. I…
Taurus
I have made a new leather jacket. Well… it’s “pleather” really. A faux leather jacket; or maybe we can call it a fleather jacket… ha! I’m going to go with that. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out! I’ve…
Blue-bell sleeves
Hello 🙂 I’ve made a new top. Actually I made this a little while ago, and I’ve suddenly came to the glorious realisation that hey! the autumnal weather is here and it’s actually beautiful enough to wear it. I love…
You can leave your hat on…
I’ve made a hat. I used Vogue 8844, and the fabric is a soft ivory corduroy, harvested from a pair of Cassie’s old worn-out jeans that has been living in my good sammies pile for the past four or five…
