This is my pattern review, and some close-ups of the trench skirt I completed recently; seen below and a larger view here. The skirt is pattern 107, from BurdaStyle magazine 8/2009. Pattern Description: Knee-length flared skirt that fits smoothly over hips…
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Me and the best friend
Nice to be back here with my big furry best friend again … On our last lovely balmy evening in Melbourne we met friends for dinner down by the Yarra River and chinwagged into the late late hours. Our friends…
Details…
Some details of the skirt and top from the previous post; top “a” and skirt “m” from Unique Clothes Any Way You Like, (hmmm, yes, the title is a bit of a mouthful…) by Natsuko Hiraiwa. The skirt is a…
Yes, Japanese
My newest ensemble, my first two projects from the Japanese pattern book, Unique Clothes Any Way You Like, by Natsuno Hiraiwa. This is top “a” and skirt “m”. I apologise for the poor quality of the photos here, even though…
The lady had purple hair
About my photos; I’ve been asked who takes the pictures I put in my blog; well 99% of the time the photos are taken by me with a self-timer. However for today my photo is taken by my lovely husband.…
Fabric and wool shopping, Melbourne
Having a blast in Melbourne, thus the lateness of the post. Fabric-wise, twas another extremely successful day. So I thought it would be helpful to give for you today a list of highlights in my explorations here… The first shop…
Curiouser and curiouser…
Hi, the last day of Self-Stitched September; and I’m coming to you live from sunny Melbourne! Haha. That’s an in-joke amongst Australians, as Melbourne is … er, not very sunny. The weather here is notoriously fickle. The sky today is…
Gardening gracefully
Today I am wearing a little sundress I made a few years ago, with the intention of it being a beach dress to pop on over bathers. As it turned out kind of fancy and pretty I’ve ended up wearing…
