A new skirt… I’ve been casting a critical eye over some of my older skirts, and much as I still love them I can see some are sadly looking a wee bit on the shabby side. So with the warmer weather…
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Layered rusty-red wool skirt
So, using the leftover bit of fabric from my rusty-red wool skirt, combined with the cut-off from when I decided to make my long skirt shorter, I made Cassie a little layered skirt. Using the same pattern as I did…
Rusty red wool/silk skirt
I’ve made a new skirt… I found this yummily coloured, beautifully textured wool/silk mix fabric in a remnant bin in Tokyo, the day of our shopping trip with Yoshimi and Novita. At the time I just picked it up instinctively, with…
A little bit of Lagerfeld
Filling another (so-called) must-have void in my wardrobe; the little black skirt. I do have a charcoal skirt already, that is a much worn little thing, but the classic black was missing; well, no more. I really made this about…
Introducing Mum…
I will say straight out this amazingly beautiful ensemble is not made by me but by my Mum here. I had to put a picture of it here, because I couldn’t resist; Mum will never ever get herself a blog…
Fool’s Gold
Last night we went to an April Fool’s party, dress code: well of course, something to do with “fool”! So I remembered this skirt that I made about three years ago… guess what I went dressed as? Oh, yeah, the…
The dress that wanted to be a skirt
This skirt was originally a dress. I posted about my dissatisfaction with it here, and Terri brilliantly commented that she thought this dress wanted to be a skirt. Well, that revelation was like a bucket of cold water over my…
An uninspired pairing
Me-Made-March, Day 10; an (older) skirt, with a (newer) top. Today I hopped into Spotlight for thread, and miraculously got out without buying any more fabric. Came this close, but steeled my will. But bought a shawl-collared blouse pattern, Burda 8218,…
