I used to love gardening. Once upon a time, I would go into my garden and a couple of hours would disappear as I pruned, weeded, tended and fed my plants; now it’s more of a necessary weekly maintenance that…
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Wardrobe Refashion, project 1
My daughter had an old puff skirt. Three problems: 1, the zip had broken, 2, she now hated it, and 3, most importantly, it was a puff skirt. A puff skirt. The type that if you wore now you would…
A collar tute
As part of my autumn sewing plan I’m making a mustard top, and actually remembered to take a few pictures during the construction process… My mum has a Threads magazine-produced video of Louise Cutting demonstrating all these wonderful sewing tips…
Brown dress saved
OK. I have to confess that I took this dress out of my reject pile yesterday with every intention of cutting it up for refashioning. Firstly I put it on for the before photo. I paused. Looked at it again.…
On feeling cool
I decided to give myself a new pedicure last night, and chose this ancient nail polish I had called Litl (sic) Boy Blue by Artmatix. It’s so old it has a price tag on it $2.89; now, Australians, when was…
Red and apricot combo
So here is another outfit with this floral skirt. It’s proving surprisingly versatile, given its eye-catching print that one would, on first glance, think is a bit difficult to mix-n-match. Not so after all! I’m often drawn to red and…
Tea Cosy, specimen 7
Here is the tea cosy I made for my friend T for her birthday. It is the Roly Poly pattern (again!) from Wild Tea Cosies by Loani Prior. I know, I know, so many Roly Polies, but they are cute,…
Golden green cocktail dress
Today I have pictures of a cocktail dress I made for my daughter. The spring green crinkled silk was a remnant, and the beaded net was leftovers from a dress that she had made for herself. The pattern I used…
