This year I’ve made an army of salted caramel choccies to give to everyone. Salted caramel is the flavour of the minute around here. So hot right now! It’s funny, a few years ago the very thought would have provoked…
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Lapped flat-felled split side seam
Florencia and Jana (by email) both asked about the lapped, flat-felled split side seam, thank you for asking! Since I finished all my Christmas sewing today… and, can I just say; Whoopeeeeeeeeeee!!!! I had time to get out some scraps…
Grey shirt, with some floral
I have made a shirt for Craig’s birthday 🙂 Burda 7767, again. Looks kinda plain from a distance? well, up close it can be seen the shirt has a secret floral surprise! I’ve seen a few shirts in up-to-the-minute…
Capricorn
Capricorn; the sign of the goat. Baaa. No, not me. So the “goat” is in the form of my new knitted mohair jumper, or I reckon it’s more like a Tshirt really. And this is the very last thing in…
Aurelio Costarella retrospective and FrockStars at the WA Museum
Just some eye candy 🙂 … in an uncharacteristic, er, fashion, our very own WA Museum is currently showing two fashion exhibitions. Perth’s Aurelio Costarella has a 30 year retrospective happening concurrently with Frock Stars, a selection of iconic garments by…
the paper doll project
(I’ve pledged to wear only clothes handmade by me this year and to sketch my daily outfits in my Fashionary. I’m calling this; the paper doll project) 24th-29th November from left: red dress, calico cotton knitted cardigan map skirt, bamboo…
Modern Love exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery
If you are fortunate enough to be in Victoria any time this summer then hie thee to the Bendigo Art Gallery to view the Modern Love exhibition, a selection from the archives of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Museum…
sewing on planes; a tip
The thing about plane trips: the thought of spending four or five or even more hours sitting in one spot with absolutely nothing to do is an almost unbearable concept to those of us with busy hands, and when you…
