I think this is one of my favourite cafes. Perhaps the favourite. Ever. It is the Samudra café in Dunsborough, and it has all this wonderful furniture, crafted from driftwood, fallen trees and pylons from the old Busselton jetty when…
Tag: Vogue 7303
Banana yellow catamaran in the flowers
If you take the time to look up close the coastline is home to a diverse and fertile ecology. We’re accustomed to thinking of the bush as colourless and drab when actually the colours can be quite vibrant. Most of…
Sky blue and coffee; off to the beach
Feeling a kind of warm pastel-ly comfortable vibe happening today. The sky is a soft, not-too-harsh blue today with a few puffy clouds scudding across, golden sunlight warming the limestone walls of our house… I love how the glossy blue…
Summer trench coat
Every so often I feel the need for a dressmaking challenge, a change from the workaday shirts, blouses, skirts and pants that can be run up in a day or two. When my Monday morning gals gave me a Fabulous…
Favourite skirt, styled in 6 different ways
Something different for today. After my office duties I am taking my daughter out for a special treat to lunch; Fashion Friday at the Globe, so I’m wearing this dress I’ve posted about before. Don’t want to post another picture…
Limes, oranges, and thoughts on self esteem
This skirt is another version of Vogue 7303, made up quite plain as a mini. I fell in love with the fresh green lime print of this fabric and thought it would be ideal for a cool little summer skirt.…
Post with no name
Please don’t yawn, but this skirt is … wait for it … Vogue 7303. Again. I know, sorry. I really made this one for winter, out of a lovely winter-white wool mix, with a cream bemsilk lining, but it works…
Rediscovering the full-length skirt
This skirt was made last summer when I felt in the mood for something long and swishy; inspired by a skirt I had seen in a parade at Ricarda. I can’t remember who the designer was. This polyester chiffon was…
