Today is my husband’s birthday, and my gift to him is a linen shirt. Handmade by me, of course! He requested that I make him some linen shirts after he bought himself one and loved the feel of the linen…
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Cool and casual for a hot hot day
Remember this bright bright white top? Almost needed your sunnies just to look at it? And do you remember me saying I thought I had way too many white tops and it was time for a dye-job? So, I…
Tea Cosy, specimen 5
Here is a photo of the tea cosy I made for H. Apologies for the excruciatingly bad photography; its actually quite a cute cosy. With my poor little old camera the following equation applies: indoors…
This summer’s cocktail dress
Finally decided to post a picture of my new cocktail dress made quite recently. I love this pattern from Anna Sui for Vogue; I think the ruffles at the back are gorgeous and so feminine. Sometimes the back of an…
Casual Christmas party
We went to a Christmas party last night and I had intended to wear my new cocktail dress but a quick phone conversation with my friend confirmed that smart casual was more the order of the evening. I didn’t want…
Casual shopping chic
Blah blah; shopping and Christmas preparations on the agenda today. Came home yesterday to piles of mail and a to-do list a mile long, plus a few parties on the horizons, it’s back to happy chaos in our house! In…
Quiet study in neutrals
Today’s outfit is a little drab and neutral, however sometimes one feels like being drab and neutral. Especially if it’s the last day of one’s holiday (sad face). One is possibly overusing the impersonal first person pronoun here. However this…
Traditional beachy colours
I’m realising this blog is becoming way too “holiday photo album” and not enough about the handmade clothes. Yesterday particularly, and I really wanted to only include other photos if I feel they’re related in some way to my creative…
