This is good for a laugh. I found this old photo of me in an outfit I made for myself. I’m not exactly sure how old I am, but I’m guessing about thirteen. I am clueless as to the pattern…
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Knotty blue scarf
It’s been an embarrassingly long while since I did a re-fashion. My big bag of toss-out garments is still sitting there, taunting me. And this re-fashion is so … trite, it’s barely worth the label “re-fashion”. Still, in my defence,…
Birthday bag
Do you remember me posting about a top secret project I was working on last weekend? Well today is my sister-in-law S’s birthday and I was making her a gift. It’s a little bag she can use to hold make-up,…
Denim, lace and burnt orange
Being a casual-ish, friendly sort of a day today I’m dressing to suit. I had to do some work in the office (groan) but managed to squeeze in a quick morning tea with some friends and also a lunch with…
Lounge suite re-cover
My primary sewing interest is in fashion… obviously as this blog has leant heavily in that direction!! However I shouldn’t lose sight of my initial purpose of this blog, which was to document all of my sewing efforts over the…
Rosetta ball gown, yet another picture…
I found this picture, a partial view of the back of the dress. Thanks Lily for pointing that out! And I thought I’d covered all angles… Now I’m back in the laundry sewing room working on my stash. Top secret…
“Rosetta” ball gown
I’m going to take time to mention the cause that we are supporting tonight as it is such an important one; the Amanda Young Foundation. This non-profit foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of meningococcal disease, to raising funds to…
Anatomy of a ball dress, pt 6
My dress is finished and I planned to put it on and take a photo of the final appearance for today, but you know what? I realised I should probably wait until tomorrow to take a photo of it,…
