hello! I’ve made a whole new outfit recently… it’s not so often that I can present a new, head-to-toe handmade outfit like this! I bought this Minä Perhonen hessian on a previous trip to Tokyo, and after a suitable…
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South Korea and Japan; a travel wardrobe
hello! so as I mentioned in my last post we have just got back from a nearly month-long trip through east Asia, and just for fun I’m assessing the usefulness/workability of my travel wardrobe as usual… BTW; if you’ve ever…
water lily dress, a raincoat, and a stripey shirt
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.…
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…
