I made knotted buttons of self fabric for my Kelly-green cardi; and Gail asked for a how-to… well I had taken a few photos while I was making them but had sorta decided against posting a lengthy series of pictures…
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A sleeveless top, con latte
I’ve made a new top! This is the little top from Vogue 1248, made of a light cotton voile the colour of pale milky coffee, and with miniature metallic silver polka-dots dotted sweetly all over like a starry starry sky……
Kelly-green cardigan
Remember how I mentioned fashioning a little cardi out of the leftovers from the ponytail top? Well, here ’tis! If I say so myself this was a minor miracle in cutting out; why? Well I originally had bought this Kelly…
In the pink; a cocktail dress
I came across this old thing when I was cleaning out my wardrobe… hehehe Well truthfully, it is a bit of an old thing, but obviously when I made it I put considerable time and effort into it (OK, I hope…
Thoughts on weeding out…
I did a big clean-out of my wardrobe on the weekend. Sounds silly, but cleaning out one’s wardrobe is an occasion accompanied by soul-searching. We identify so much with our clothes; throwing out old garments is often throwing out…
Blue bunches
Next up in my Japanese pattern book experiments… When I saw this top in Pattern Magic 3, by Tomoko Nakamichi, I nicknamed it the “bunches” top. Y’know because the other one on this same page was the “ponytail” top (not…
Wearing a triangle
First impressions can be deceiving. And one’s first impressions of the “Wearing a Triangle” design from Pattern Magic 2 might just be that it is one of the least wearable designs in the book. That was my own naive silly…
Bathers, 2011
Exactly the same pattern as last year. Boring? well, maybe; of course I do like to try out new patterns every now and again but I just illogically wanted to have the exact same silhouette again this year. You do…
