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…
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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…
Happy New Year!
New Year’s Day is a time to reflect on your life over the past year and to dream up a few resolutions as to how to do it better next year… Hmm, well apart from the usual suspects; get fit,…
Autumn sewing plans
I bought this great fashion diary (called a “Fashionary”) online before Christmas, one for me and one for my daughter. It’s great for planning outfits as it has figures pre-drawn very lightly on the page ready for you, which makes…
