Y’know, sometimes you add something to your wardrobe purely on a crazy whim and you have a teeny niggling doubt about how well it is actually going to work? This ultramarine corduroy skirt, made using Vogue 1170 and first posted…
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Sludgy little skirt; 6 different ways
I haven’t done one of these for a while! but that’s OK since I thought May and June came with somewhat of an overload of “daily outfits” posts, no? 😉 I am so thrilled with this little sludgy skirt, made…
Ombre dyed velveteen skirt
So, this is the little dyeing experiment I was referring to; I finished it last night and just couldn’t wait to wear it today! My new skirt! I made the skirt using Vogue 1247, of bright lipstick-red cotton velveteen from Spotlight. I…
Ultramarine corduroy skirt
Remember in my review of the Vogue 1170 skirt I mentioned I had already made a second version? Well I finally got my act together and took some photos… This ultramarine cotton corduroy caught my eye; (hardly surprising really 😉…
A Genuine Leather (ette) skirt
I’ve made another winter skirt. From the tanned hide of that elusive and rare wild beast; the leatherette. Classy, non? Hehe, so I’ve made bags and tablecloths using PVC before, pretty simple beginner’s type stuff; but this is the first wearable garment I’ve…
Curtaining skirt
It looks plain, but my new skirt has one fun and unusual little fact about its origins. The fabric was part of the bundle of fabrics given to me by my friend C from her late mother’s stash. That’s not…
Dusky pink ‘bustle” skirt; 6 different ways
This dusky pink skirt of a very simple and yet at the same time very unusual shape has been one of my favourites since I made it and it has appeared multiple times here on the blog already. It is…
A sludgy little skirt
Hooo boy. We are having an insane heatwave right now… been 37C or above for over a week now. Australia Day was 42C, phew… We all spent the entire day in bathers, in and out of the pool. The fireworks…
