So, Le Stash has for a long time been a quiet and secretive thing, its perceived size diminished by distribution into far-flung corners of the house. It lurked furtively and unobtrusively in my laundry cupboard, the cupboard under the stairs,…
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2017; a retrospective
It’s the last day of 2017… and what a year that was! we made it, hurrah. Thank goodness for that, eh?! So, in these end-of-year retrospective thingies I usually like to pick out some of my favourite photos/outfits/memories, just one…
Christmas pressies; a sewing marathon
Tim and Kelly… As usual, I made Christmas presents for my family… I started late October, so I was giving myself plenty of time, or so you’d think! I’m a fairly efficient seamster, and I still only just finished a…
neon yellow and black gingham
So, Mum was coming up to stay recently and we were going to be doing some sewing together… for a variety of reasons I didn’t want to be doing my Christmas sewing, the biggie being that I needed a little…
navy blue mary janes (shoes)
I’ve made some new shoes!! This is the first pair of shoes made on my new, semi-high-heeled lasts; that I bought … maybe six months ago…? (blush) yes, it’s taken me quite a while to get onto it. Can…
an armada of icebergs…
Sooo… what tasteful works of homemade Christmas art has Carolyn proudly displayed in the entrance hall to assault the eyes of unsuspecting visitors to our house, hmmm? Oh, a whole bunch of little cardboard icebergs… hmmmm, ok, yeah. “Interesting”…
magnolias
Originally I bought this lovely magnolia print fabric to make something else… but ended up making this random frock instead. Spring was coming…and I really wanted something romantic and floral. I sorta couldn’t picture anything properly, there were false starts… then…
10 x 10 challenge; spring
Just for funsies, I decided to take part in the 10×10 challenge, brainchild of Lee Vosburgh of Style Bee and co-hosted by Caroline of Un-fancy … the idea is that you select ten items of clothing that you will wear…
