So, I bought this piece of very nice, thin, cotton jersey from the Fabric Store in Melbourne, during Mum, Cassie’s and my trip there late last year. It is elegantly drapey, feels deliciously soft, and the ivory, pale yellow and apricot stripes…
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raspberry/navy Alabama Chanin tank top
I’ve finally finished my latest Alabama Chanin project… Below is how it appeared on this blog previously…? (shudder) well, that dress has undergone extensive renovation over the past five months and now at last, I am quite satisfied. I received…
#hoodie
I love hoodies. And I love dark browns, crinkly linen and loose relaxed-fit comfy loungewear. Despite all those loves, it’s taken me a ridiculously long time to finish this hoodie. I started it before I left for Melbourne last year!…
Cassie’s Christmas ensemble
So, this year I asked Cassie what she would like for Christmas and she replied without hesitation, a long, white skirt. Alrighty then! I bought both fabrics at my local Spotlight; I considered buying Melbourne fabric like I did for…
nani IRO blouse
I’ve made a new top. It is a plain little top, but to my eyes the lovely thing about it is the fabric; a beautifully soft cotton gauze, and the charming hand-painted look to its print. A short story… About a month…
patchwork Sandpoint top
I’ve made a new top. Well, kinda new from old actually, since it’s made from 4 old Tshirts cut up and patched together. My refashioning bag yielded; a light purply-brown from Craig, two pinks from Tim, and a chocolate-y one which is…
a creamy little double-fronted top
My new top will come as a very un-surprise to anyone who has been following me in the Sewvember instagram challenge, haha!… This pattern is Burdastyle 04/2014-115, with modified sleeves and my fabric is a silk hessian from Spotlight. It…
a bobbly little top, and some others too
I’ve made a few new tops… Top un; a cosy little pom-pommy top, using pattern 111 from Burdastyle magazine 04-2014 in a bobbly stretch fabric the colour of whipped cream from Fabulous Fabrics. The design has quite an interesting and unusual…
