I’ve made myself some new jeans, but (warning, lack of elegance alert) they’re not very exciting. They are corduroy, and I do love corduroy jeans. They are so warm and comfy during winter. But I’m first to admit corduroy is a…
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Riverside python
How much am I loving animal print right now? Oh, way too much. Somebody stop me. I wore my new leopard print twinset, like all weekend, and am only not wearing it today because it’s in the wash… and for…
Just blown in…
Scene 1: A dilapidated hall. The monthly scheduled meeting of Shoe-aholics Anonymous. A circle of seated ladies, subdued and looking sheepish, but very well shod. All eyeing each others footwear covetously. Convenor; Ladies, we have a new member, here…
Rocking the double denim look
So here is my new dress, Vogue 1152, with more me-appropriate sleeves (for the “before sleeves”, see the post below). I’m very happy with this now, will be perfect for a casual day-dress suited to the simple warm days not…
Black with rose-pink accents
My husband wittily suggested I title my post “Amish chic”, he he cheeky… It’s my hat. But we’ve lived amongst the Amish and I never saw an Amish lady in jeans. “Amish menswear chic”? I hope not. I prefer to…
“Snow Bunny” beanie
I know, I know, the name I’ve given my new beanie is kind of ridiculous and inappropriate, given today’s weather you can see in my photo here; blazingly brilliant sunshine in clear periwinkle skies… it’s OK, I’m happy to have…
Grey wool coat for Spring
I made myself a coat for spring, using McCalls 5525, view B and grey wool fabric, bought back in March on a whim. So, it took some cutting magic to get this coat out of the small amount of wool…
Charcoal baggy beret
So I had a discussion with a few friends about the washing your-hair-on-every-third-day-instead-of-every-second experiment; and the general consensus is that you have to persist for at least six weeks in order for results to show (you can tell I’m a…
