This is just a bit of silliness really; remember I said I had some idiotic plans for my leftover off-white leatherette? well I just hopped straight into it. This is a new skirt, leatherette with red stitching to delineate the seam…
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Piped trench
I have made a winter coat for myself! It’s a dark charcoal woollen trench with the seaming and edging accented in pale grey/ivory/bone pleather piping. The charcoal wool has a light gauzy check woven throughout; itself with a teensy houndstooth…
leatherette/pleather piping
I have a word of advice for anyone considering putting leatherette piping in a garment. Don’t. There, I think that just about covers it 😉 Haha, I’m kidding… but seriously now, leather/ette detailing is pretty hot right now and adds a smart…
Patched pockets
Just to provide further proof of my predilection for unusual clothing … please allow me to present my new skirt. This skirt is the love-child of four old pairs of jeans. They were a bit battered but in favourite colours,…
Pink Alabama Chanin T-shirt
I’m very happy and pleased that my Mum agreed to let me photograph her wearing her very recently completed hand-dyed-embroidered-and-stitched creation, and to show the pictures here on my blog … thank you so much Mum! This is Mum’s third…
Green pleats, please!
Hello!  🙂 So what’s new here? Just a colour, really. My Issey Miyake pleated top (vogue 1142) used to be a cheerful daffodil yellow, and now it is a murky-lurky, swampy, toxic-waste shade of green. Definitely far more me 😉  Hoorah for dye!…
enclosing all seams in a double layered top/dress
This is a method for sewing a double layered sleeveless dress or top in such a way that all seam allowances are enclosed within the two layers. This could be used to create entirely reversible garments as well as simply giving a…
some tops
I’ve made a couple of new tops lately 🙂 I’ve made this design once before so I knew I’d like this new one too. It is a modified version of the loose draped top from drape drape, by Hisako Sato. Modified…
