It’s been a while since I did one of these! I don’t really have deliberate dress-up sessions to test out my clothes’ versatility any more, but it’s still interesting for me to look back and get a general overview of just…
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dress of plastic splattered linen
I’ve made a summery little dress for myself. This is dress F from the Japanese pattern book Stylish Dress Book, by Yoshiko Tsukiori. I’ve made this pattern up once before here, and that polka dot dress is still in…
Carolyn pyjamas
I was supremely flattered when Heather of Closet Case patterns contacted me to ask if it was ok to name her latest pattern after me… wow, seriously?! !!!!! *deeply flattered moment* So the Carolyn pattern is for pyjamas, hehe. Yep, I inspired…
red gingham
… new dress! I feel like I’ve been wearing the same little summer dresses over and over and over. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! because I like them all 🙂 but a few of my standbys are…
#hoodie
I love hoodies. And I love dark browns, crinkly linen and loose relaxed-fit comfy loungewear. Despite all those loves, it’s taken me a ridiculously long time to finish this hoodie. I started it before I left for Melbourne last year!…
“poison dart frog” lingerie set
Sounds like a weird inspiration for a lingerie set? Well this is my thing for prttynpnk’s Jungle January 🙂 I really wanted to do something a bit different, something other than big-catty. I googled jungle animals and was immediately drawn to the splendiferous group of…
2015 plans
Hello! I’ve been thinking about my 2015 wardrobe requirements and sewing plans for this year. To be honest I was kinda shocked at the sheer number of things I sewed last year, and not in a good way! It wasn’t…
Setting an invisible zip in a French seam
… as promised, and thank you to everyone who showed an interest 🙂 And, just saying; I am a believer that there is no necessarily right or wrong way to do anything in sewing, but whatever works and is neat…
