Cassie made a top. I know, yes; it really does say handmade by me at the top of this blog and I did not make this lovely, but wait; there is a logical explanation… I am posting it here mostly to…
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Blood Orange
Is it a given that all my Vogue 1247 tops will have citrus-y nomenclature enforced on them? First clementine, and then blood orange……. aaaaand theeeeeeen? We shall see, we shall see about that…. ;D Anyhoo, it was always a…
Welcome to the fold
In a further small step towards overcoming scissor-phobia in the face of precious fabrics; I have made a new tunic top. This is the top from Vogue 1309, and I have made it in a hand-painted silk dupion from Fabulous…
Full Moon, restyled
Wow! As soon as I saw the re-styling suggestions in my comments I realised how right you all were… thank you! I can see now my outfit was a wee bit on the frumpy side. I guess I was being…
Full Moon, from Pattern Magic 3
I have made a new …. er, thing. A top? Yup, I think I have made a new top. Maybe it’s more of an experiment than a top really. One of the drafting exercises exploring how the placement of apertures…
‘nother hoodie
I’ve been on such a sewing bendahh lately!! making loads of stuff for the family as well as myself. Must be the influence of spring; new growth in the garden and blissfully warm days lend themselves to thoughts of…
Stripe-ly
After I had finished Craig’s hoodie, I had quite a lot of leftover fabric. I had originally bought 2.5m of this lovely grey-and-black striped cotton jersey from Spotlight. Turns out that this was stacks. Loads. Well ahem, I didn’t want to fall short…
Blue-grey hoodie
I have made a hoodie; this one for Sam. Sam is my quiet one; he never asks for anything, on the contrary he will firmly and testily deny that he ever needs new clothes or any new belongings at…
