I was supremely flattered when Heather of Closet Case patterns contacted me to ask if it was ok to name her latest pattern after me… wow, seriously?! !!!!! *deeply flattered moment* So the Carolyn pattern is for pyjamas, hehe. Yep, I inspired…
Tag: shorts
Check-mate
… because I’ve made something in a check, and I’m accompanied by my best-est mate 🙂 The former, a rarity; the latter, far less so! So, the searing-est of searing hot scorchers are but just around the corner, and like a…
Perchance to dream
I have made some rather daggy baggy shorts, but don’t worry. Style has not flown out the window. After today, these are my new summer PJ bottoms! I used a too-small-for-anything-else piece of polycotton, crazily colourful and wildly patterned; given…
Bitumen hued shorts, with French fly
Ta da! New shorts! The funny thing about these is that during one of my regular stash sort-throughs, I had picked up this bit of fabric, shaken it out, sized it up, done one of those quick mental assessments (I’m…
Hot pink shorts; 6 different ways
So, shorts, and particularly linen shorts are always going to be a warm weather thing and perhaps not an obvious candidate for “see how useful this item of clothing is!”…. But I am an Aussie after all, and typically lead a…
Hot (pink) pants
G’day, peops! Remember when I mentioned a piece of hot pink linen that had befriended me in the fabric store and then beseeched me to give it a new home and some purpose in its life? (ahem) Well I’ve done the…
Dressing for the office…
hehe… No really, this is what I wore to the office, today! I know it appears that I spend all of my time gallivanting about in the great outdoors, and let’s face it, the pictorial evidence is here that I…
Burdastyle 10-2010-111A, a pattern review
Remember I wrote I’d made some matching shorts to wear under this little sundress? Well, here they are. Whew, they are so so short and flimsy I probably wouldn’t be wearing them on their own like this if I didn’t…
