After my brothers and I had all moved out of home and started our own families; I started a rather non-rigid, and not annual, tradition of making a Christmas ornament for each of us… just something silly and small, not…
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Looking sharp! Craig’s birthday shirt
It is my husband’s birthday, and I have made a shirt for him! I used my favourite my only! men’s shirt pattern Burda 7767, adjusted for a perfect custom fit; and a gorgeously high quality, striped shirting cotton from Tessuti’s in Melbourne,…
Blood Orange top; 6 different ways
Hey y’all peeps. I’ve been having a play around with my blood orange Vogue 1247 top… trying out different ways to wear it. So… I might have said this before, once, or twice, or twenty times 😉 but I absolutely love brainstorming in my…
LBS
The amount of Christmas “creating” going on around here has been insane lately! I have been sewing like an absolute madwoman… ! but this Little Black Skirt is not a part of that. This is a sorta urgent extra! …
Bread
Have I ever mentioned before that I married a very clever man? Maybe, but if not then.. I have. A very clever man indeed. Well, he married me, didn’t he? Haha! kidding! He has done some other clever things too 😉 Including making…
Vegetable placemats
Occasionally I still come across old things, handmade by me, but still not shown yet on this blog (blush) I found this set of eight linen placemats tucked into the back of my linen cupboard. These were entirely hand constructed and embroidered…
twelve recurring
… posted at twelve minutes past twelve o’clock, on the twelfth of December, 2012
Not-naked toes
“There’s only one thing worse than chipped toenail polish, and that is NO toenail polish!!” These words of wisdom are oft repeated by a very good friend at this time of year… striking fear into the hearts of those of…
