Hello! I made a new pair of bathers for myself… and I’m chuckling to myself that I’ve gone kinda Bay Watch this year. Is Bay Watch even a part of the collective consciousness any more? hmmm I could be aging…
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a special lace dress
hello! Recently my lovely niece J married her long-time man and so of course I had to make a new dress for myself for the occasion… I was vaguely toying with the idea of shopping for fabric before I remembered…
winter white Dyron hoodie
Hello! I’ve made a new hoodie for myself, and think it’s rather beautiful if I say so myself. Many years ago, when I started this blog, I would sometimes berate myself for being scared of wearing colourful clothing. I tried…
Acacia skirts
hello! I made a few new skirts, using a new pattern, the Acacia skirt. The pattern is a Peppermint magazine and Warp and Weft collaboration… available in the magazine for free, or as a pdf pattern from their website.…
hiking in Italy/Norway; a travel wardrobe
hello! We have very recently returned from a long hiking holiday, which involved some clever packing of seasonal extremes into a small suitcase with a 15kg limit. Challenge accepted! I shall now proceed to discuss my travel wardrobe and…
a cosy new dress and a backpack
hello! long time no see! I’ve been very busy lately, being a diligent little jet setter and living out of one suitcase for an entire month … I do have a travel wardrobe post planned but it will take me…
a Minä Perhonen dress and some new clogs
hello! I’ve made a whole new outfit recently… it’s not so often that I can present a new, head-to-toe handmade outfit like this! I bought this Minä Perhonen hessian on a previous trip to Tokyo, and after a suitable…
South Korea and Japan; a travel wardrobe
hello! so as I mentioned in my last post we have just got back from a nearly month-long trip through east Asia, and just for fun I’m assessing the usefulness/workability of my travel wardrobe as usual… BTW; if you’ve ever…
