Travelling! We’re home from a perfectly delightful sojourn in Scandinavia, back to a house full of the noise and busy-ness of offspring and animals, of cooking and cleaning. Not to mention a mountain of washing. I’ve done 3-4 loads a…
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Me-Made May 2014
So once more I have LOVED taking part in me-made May again this year! I participated in the Flickr group every day but decided to just write one summary post here on my blog about my experience; which is this…
More on sewing knit bands
eleynagomez asked how I made the thumbhole bands on my Nettie bodysuit, thank you so much for asking! I didn’t take any pictures while I was making the real thing but I sat down this weekend and ran up a…
Little black polka-dots
I’ve made a dotty little cardigan 🙂 Yes, it seems like I’m turning out new stuff everyday, but the truth is that some of my recent items have been finished for up to a few weeks or more and it is…
Lolly-pink lingerie set
Fulfilling a need rather than a want, I made another lingerie set for myself. It’s not speccie* but just a bread-and-butter everyday set, with a Tshirt bra and two pairs of matching plain undies. The fabric is a strawberry pink…
Incredi-Yellow!
I think every year I seem compelled to make for myself one skirt in some extremely garish shade. This year isn’t get away scot free either. I bought this brilliant daffodil yellow pin-wale corduroy from Spotlight a few years ago.…
Navy blue tights
I really really wanted some navy blue tights. Basically I have two, yes, two! navy blue corduroy skirts for winter, and a coupla hand-knit cardigans including this one which are mainly midnight blue and which I want to dig out…
Further Alabama Chanin-ing
Hello! I am getting started on my next Alabama Chanin project. Yes, an authentically executed Alabama Chanin creation is a big time commitment but I really enjoyed making my 3-piece set and it is nice to have a hand-held project…
