You know how after a sewing project is finished you nearly always end up with scraps, sometimes of such a decent size you can’t toss them out… but not enough to do anything with on their own. So sometimes I…
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All dressed up with no place to go…
This dress is sooo cool and light and easy. It’s funny to think this was last year’s Christmas dress… it’s done pretty well. Perhaps getting a bit “round the house-ish” but still quite nice. So here I am today, all…
Sam’s shirt
This is the shirt I made for our youngest for a Christmas present. The funny thing about making this shirt was that I cut it out and made it up with absolutely no attempt at secrecy whatsoever, and it was…
2010 in quick review
I should have done this yesterday, but hey, better late than never… Last night I sat back and had a quick nostalgic roll-through of the blog and came to the happy conclusion 2010 was a very good year for me; a sprinkling…
Cassie’s dress
This is the dress I made our daughter for her Christmas present this year. I know her tastes very well and could picture exactly the dress I wanted to make for her, but was quite anxious about how to go about…
A boxy little jacket; a refashion
I’m so pleased with this latest refashion that I finished just yesterday, that I just had wear it even though it’s really too hot for this time of year… I took an old pair of too big, light cotton twill…
Tim’s shirt
This is a shirt I made for our eldest son for a Christmas present. I didn’t need to be secret working on this one, as he was working up in Kalgoorlie up until only a few days before Christmas. I’m…
Lichen shot-cotton shirt
This is a shirt I made for Craig for his Christmas present, cut out and made up in lots of super secret cloak-and-dagger sewing sessions… although he did help choose the fabric a year ago, so perhaps he might have had…
