Finished! In sequinned and embroidered silk chiffon from the Alannah Hill outlet in Melbourne, and using Vogue 1152 again. This second time in making up this pattern I followed the pattern faithfully. Except to add about 5cm in length because…
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An unappreciated skirt
Rummaging around in my wardrobe I came out with this skirt which has only been worn a mere handful of times; poor thing. I was so pleased with it when I had finished it, so I’m not sure why I…
What were we wearing in the early nineties?
I am wearing here an outfit I wore to death. I mean the outfit’s death, not mine, obviously… This photo is marked in my album “4 1/2 months”, which is the age of our eldest son who I am adoring…
Green quilt
Sometimes I forget that I set out to document all my handmade stuff here. Including the old stuff. This is a quilt I made a few years ago. The fabrics are all green based, and all “floral” in the sense they…
Further from yesterday
Thankyou so much for your thoughts yesterday … and many of your comments resonated quite clearly with me and my own thinking on this subject; I also read a little bit more on Natalie’s findings and summary of her yearlong…
The makeshift project
Oh, I am in a much better mood today since my family turned up here last night… I swear I was getting a minor case of …something mental… here all by my lonesome and carrying on one-sided conversations with the…
Thoughts on coat-hangers
A smocked dress for a coat-hanger…? A friend was telling me recently about a local woman whose business is to come out and assesses one’s wardrobe. Yes, apparently there are some women out there who do not do this simple…
Bored…
Yah, so I must be bored with the same old same old blogger poses… though I’m probably not going to be attempting this one too frequently… could be the collective subconscious of all those teenage souls inhabiting the general environs…
