hello! I’ve been making a few more things lately… first up; a dress! I bought this screen printed linen a few years ago from the Injalak Arts Centre, the design is Mandem (Water Lily) by the indigenous artist Eva Nganjmirra.…
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refashioning some things
hello! I’ve made a new outfit by refashioning some other previously worn old things… from a skirt and old jeans, I’ve made a new/old tunic top and some new/old shorts. I realise I probably I should be using…
a checquered tale of a checkered dress
I’ve made a simple little dress… Now I have to admit that such apparent simplicity is actually the anticlimactic outcome of a long, convoluted sewing-and-unpicking, journey which I’m a little embarrassed to relate. This is one of the failed projects…
black/white striped jumper
hurrah! I’ve just finished my knitted project for December, aka the last monthly knit for the year! and possibly the last made thing for the year, depends whether I can get my already cut-out thing done in the next day…
Maldives; a travel wardrobe
hello! So as hinted in my new bathers post just recently, we have been on an absolutely gorgeous holiday to the Maldives… this is our third visit, each time as well as this time staying on Velassaru. I know, I…
Innes nice?
… so I made another thing recently… well two actually, but only one really, in the end. The first was Not Good… Hello Innes dress, and welcome to my wardrobe… a pattern by Homer & Howells. That was 2020 me…
new/old denim skirt
hello! I’ve made a new skirt, using all bits and pieces from old denim jeans .. or should that then be an old skirt? Hmmm.. a debatable concept! I like using old textiles to make something different, however it must…
indigo mestre shirt
I made a new shirt recently, using the Pauline Alice Mestre pattern … and I just have to say that this new design is extremely impressive to me with many beautiful, clever and thoughtful details. In my opinion, it’s hard…
