My title is not referring to the weather, but the fact that I am down here in Dunsborough again, “minding” the beach-house during leavers week. Yah, the town is expecting thousands of teenagers to rock up any minute now and…
Tag: scarf
Domestic diva IX
Post celebratory let-down; I did have a lovely day yesterday, and thankyou so much for your lovely birthday wishes! Hmmm, re this morning’s outfit; both old favourites. Both of these pieces I contemplated throwing out last summer and both got…
Domestic diva II
Captain’s log: Self Stitched September, Day 18; finding my no-double-up rule for this month tough… Yes, I know this is self-imposed and I don’t have to, but I’m stubborn that way and will see it through. Heaven knows, I have…
Comfort dressing
Self-Stitched September day 12: Woohee, taking one’s photo everyday has been quite a challenge, not to mention the embargo on reaching for the same old same old favourites from the wardrobe. Everybody has favourites and comfort zones and there are…
New greige top, with a shoulder experiment…
“Greige”; not a word found in any dictionary, but one adopted by the fashion industry to describe this colour that is not quite grey, not quite beige… I love it. And going by my latest fabric shopping binge carefully-considered…
Darning; a how to
First of all, I’d like to thank you for your brilliant suggestions for my style statement! As I read them I just thought, well, how nice everyone was … thankyou all for “getting” me. It’s really hard to assess yourself…
Bluey/pink loopy scarf
I’ve made quite a lot of these loopy scarves, here and here are two of them… this is the one I made for Mum’s birthday a few years back. She looks lovely in this group of blues and purply pinks,…
New use for a hole-y old top
Another re-fashioning project has been completed… yay… This pure wool top is a pretty shade of pink but had developed some nasty big holes over summer storage. I continued to wear it as a thermal for a while, with its…
