… and was simply a matter of when my self-discipline would falter. I’m classifying this as a belated Mother’s Day present to myself. Actually, I’m supremely excited about this second instalment in the Pattern Magic series by Tomoko Nakamichi, why?…
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Pattern Magic, revisited
This is my second attempt at this pattern; the design from page 10 of Pattern Magic by Tomoko Nakamichi; my first was here. I loved the design, but unfortunately that first dress was kinda disastrous. Firstly, I didn’t love the…
Flares in Plum
Hot off the press… my new flared jeans for winter, and for Joy’s Bell-Bottom challenge! I adore flares, after half a lifetime of trial and error I have finally decided they could be the most flattering jeans shape for my…
Turquoise pencil skirt; 6 different ways
These posts are a guilty pleasure to me; it’s such fun to play around in my own closet and dream up a whole lot of new ways in which I could possibly wear an old favourite to suit a variety…
A navy corduroy jacket, and a Babar jumper
Today I bring two flashbacks; two, because I don’t have very good photos of either one to warrant an individual post, and because I am trying to whizz through these old projects a little faster than I have been up…
Oo la la
I’ve made a new dress for winter! This fabric, a sort of very roughly spun and woven silk, with some very stiffish almost stick-like pieces woven into it, was one of my Christmas presents; that I bought so the children could…
Cassie’s quilt
“Now here’s one I made earlier”… I think this is might be the next thing in my chronological documentation of my creations. And luckily another one that is still used and loved on a daily basis. I’ll have to admit…
A little bit of Lagerfeld
Filling another (so-called) must-have void in my wardrobe; the little black skirt. I do have a charcoal skirt already, that is a much worn little thing, but the classic black was missing; well, no more. I really made this about…
