Ha! The last time I wore this for my blog and I was writing a description, I was about to segue into rhapsodies about how useful a garment it was when it occurred to me I hadn’t done a 6-way…
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Fair Isle knitted jumper
Today’s photo is good for a bit of a chuckle, no? The above is a photo taken of my husband and me at our engagement party. I know, we look like babies… this was over twenty years ago. On a…
How to make your own tights
Before I went to Melbourne I had bought from Fabulous Fabrics some wonderful stretch jersey, printed to look like distressed denim, and I knew it just had to be tights… When I made my last tights I had a few requests for…
International Suit-Up Day
What uuuup?! I was planning to do something else for today, but when my son informed me last night that today was International Suit Up Day, well, how could I not? Barney is our family’s favourite character from How I…
One year in cyber-space; and a Give-Away
Today exactly one year ago I started blogging here about my sewing, and as it turned out, some other stuff too! 🙂 To mark the occasion, I thought it might be fun to wear again today the same dress I…
To sleep, perchance to dream
With the change in the season, comes a need for change in all areas of apparel, including the mundane and practical such as sleepwear… I did have a few highblown and fancy ideas for my summer jammies this year, but…
Bless her little cotton socks
You don’t have to tell me. It is crazy to be knitting white cotton socks. But honestly, these are just shorty ankle socks and take up about two or three evenings each in front of the TV, so why not?…
the Prodigal dress
So after assessing my wardrobe for Self-Stitched September and deciding that some of my old things could happily be rejected because I hadn’t worn them in months; I spied (with my little eye) this dress in the potential toss-outs, and…
