I’ve made myself some new jeans, but (warning, lack of elegance alert) they’re not very exciting. They are corduroy, and I do love corduroy jeans. They are so warm and comfy during winter. But I’m first to admit corduroy is a…
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Daffodil Day
Today is Daffodil Day in Australia. Like just about everyone, cancer has touched my life too. I have lost family members and friends. One close friend is a survivor. It’s nice to have a reason to buy flowers. I would…
Style Statements…
Personal style blogs, anyone? Personally, I adore personal style blogs. I just love to look at clothing choices, how people interpret and use fashion, and am fascinated by the ability of clothes to express one’s personality somehow. People-watching is such…
Bluey/pink loopy scarf
I’ve made quite a lot of these loopy scarves, here and here are two of them… this is the one I made for Mum’s birthday a few years back. She looks lovely in this group of blues and purply pinks,…
New use for a hole-y old top
Another re-fashioning project has been completed… yay… This pure wool top is a pretty shade of pink but had developed some nasty big holes over summer storage. I continued to wear it as a thermal for a while, with its…
Going for the full skirt look
I went through my wardrobe this weekend, to determine how easy it was going to be to fulfill my own personal Self-Stitched September challenge of “all handmade with no double-ups”. I learnt some things; firstly, thirty outfits is a LOT…
Pink lace dress
I’ve made a new dress for spring, but I’ve persuaded Bessie to model it for today… because I’ve started to think about Self-Stitched September coming up where I’ll be documenting my handmade daily outfits everyday (hope that’s not going to…
Moebius strip, in wearable form
Oh, I finished a new scarf. Or cowl, more accurately. A ginormous cowl. I finished it a coupla weeks back and put it in one of my photos yesterday, in the outfit that seemed to have been the most popular…
