White tops, and particularly if lace or broderie anglaise or any wildly impractical snowy stitch-festival are part of the equation, have always been a weakness of mine. Not just during summer but any season. One of my earliest pins as a freshly…
Tag: Sienna
on the Map
I saw this awesome world map fabric in Spotlight and just couldn’t resist. Novelty fabrics just make the best mini-skirts for summer. Simple and understated but still interesting and quietly eye-catching. Best worn with a plain white top. The fabric was…
Sagittarius
… the sign of the centaur/archer. My new dress doesn’t have a centaur, but it does have the next best thing… a horse! Plus; the requisite bow. And two arrow(head tab)s. Ha! (mutters sotto voce) nailed it… 😀 This…
White trees and buttons
I’ve sewn up my white trees fabric… into a top! I drafted it myself but it is a pretty simple silhouette; basically a big oversized T-shape, with something interesting in the form of the completely open top edge. Â The top…
Gunmetal linen trousers to jacket-y thing
So new top… well, new? not really, this funky little jacket was until recently a pair of menswear-inspired, wide-legged, linen trousers, that have been sitting in my re-fashioning bag for a coupla years now. True! I took them out to wear as fancy…
Sandy top with gold bits
OK, so I’ve made a top. Simple, fairly plain, unexciting even? but I’m totally happy with it anyway. Hard to see in the photo above, but the front and back neckbands have little golden swirls, twirling and tumbling sinuously around it. Screen-printed…
A Hunter Miette
Hello! I’ve knitted the Miette cardigan. This is a free downloadable pattern by Andi Satterlund This design first caught my eye when I saw Carmela Biscuit‘s utterly perfect LBC (little black cardigan) during me-made May. So perfect! Everyone needs a…
Snowy-white Nougat
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…
