First things first; I thought I’d open on a note both lovely and interesting, my mother wearing a creation made by her. Mum knitted her top, the Jo Sharp sideways ribbed top using Jo Sharp Soho Summer DK Cotton in col. Pennant. The…
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the children’s choice
So recently I had a birthday, and my children gave me a perfectly lovely surprise! fabric of their choice, for a particular pattern also of their choice. It’s like Sew Bossy all over again!! haha, I jest, of course in…
raspberry Alabama Chanin tank dress
I’ve finished a handmade dress. It’s dyed, printed and stitched together entirely by me. This is a fitted tank dress, the pattern is from the book Alabama Studio Sewing + Design, by Natalie Chanin. I dyed shocking pink linen…
a “Norwegian” jacket
I’ve made up my Norwegian souvenir fabric. Pining for the fjords? me? well, maybe just a little 😉 I bought this divinely thick, strong, and sturdy cotton drill in Oslo during our Scandinavian holiday, with dreams of making a boxy, nautically…
a bobbly little top, and some others too
I’ve made a few new tops… Top un; a cosy little pom-pommy top, using pattern 111 from Burdastyle magazine 04-2014 in a bobbly stretch fabric the colour of whipped cream from Fabulous Fabrics. The design has quite an interesting and unusual…
chunky two tone sandals
I’ve made my second pair of shoes! suede and vinyl, medium heeled, clog-like sandals. I really like them stylistically. In fact dare I say, I even love them a little bit! My general criteria with my self-made stuff is: would I buy…
pink
I’ve rejigged these strawberry pink jeans into a skirt. I made the jeans two years ago using an Au Bonheur des petites mains pattern courtesy of shams, thank you shams! There’s lots of things I liked about the jeans; they…
“framing” with an inset strip in a pieced garment
This method gives what could best be described as an inset strip. It can be used to “frame” individual pieces and will highlight the piecing in a design as an interesting feature. It is a flat strip set alongside a…
