Whoa! who is that babe? It’s FUTURE GRRL! So; Cassie was going to a Futuristic party… and had a firm idea of how she wanted to look. To make this sartorial vision a reality she wanted a flamboyant and luxuriously…
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Gemini
Gemini, the twins. Of course my boys are not twins obviously, they are separated by several years and have one sister in between them too. But they are both Geminis! That picture cracks me up btw… so brotherly… 😀…
One way to sew a flat-felled and split seam
A split side seam is a nice feature that adds a bit of visual interest as well as some wearing ease to a straight-hemmed garment, and flat-felling is a smooth and clean finishing technique for seams; but how to manage…
I dye…
… literally. I’m dyeing heaps of stuff lately. My ultramarine corduroy skirt. I was bored with it, and didn’t wear it at all during me-made May even though it was season appropriate. That is A Sign. I dunno, I’d gone…
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) 30th May-4th June from left: ivory jeans, black Tshirt, Chanel style jacket, handknit…
Navy stripes
It was Sam’s birthday a few days back and I made a shirt for him. The fabric is from Spotlight, a medium-weight cotton twill in a heavy cream colour with navy blue stripes. Ahem, stripes again, I know; but hey. It’s…
Browning a couple of things
Remember my Sew Bossy dress, below? It was very… sweet, wasn’t it? I mean, I wish I could wear really pretty things like that, but I think I cannot! But I thought it had promise, it just needed de-twee-ing. before…
White Bombshell
G’day beach babes! OK so I admit it is winter here in Australia now. I can explain… The very clever Heather of Closet Case Files has dropped a literal Bombshell on the sewing world with this, her inaugural swimsuit pattern,…
