I made some pretty new underwear… I bought this super cute Snugglepot and Cuddlepie cotton jersey from Spotlight at the very end of last year. Such a beautiful print, yes? Slice of my childhood, right there, I just could not resist!
I am in need of padded underwired bras during winter, because I tend to favour merino T-shirts at this time… thus I made another one. This brings my bra numbers back up to a respectable number so that I don’t have to hunt around looking for enough things to go into a wash every few days! Honestly, when the kids leave home, that’s something you don’t take into account!
I used my old favourite, MakeBra DL 03 again. Although I lately bought the Emerald Erin Black Beauty pattern and am aiming to run up a trial run of it sometime soon, when I get the time for that sort of thing again. Right now, I only have the time for a tried and true.
The two set of matching knickers are once again the cloth habit Watson briefs. Sorry to be so predictable!
The neon yellow picot elastic was also surprisingly from Spotlight; i say surprising because it’s pretty unusual for them to stock something so…. not-basic. Ribbon, also from Spotlight. The pale green strap elastic was from Homecraft Textiles, of course. I would have LOVED to find neon yellow strap elastic too, but beggars cannot be choosers around these parts!
While I had the yellow raincoat leftovers from Theo’s raincoat (previous post) I also cut out a Claremont shopping tote for myself, thus using up the very last scraps, which felt awesome. I’ve been needing a new shopping tote for quite a while, since my older one is pretty shabby now. I did have to piece the bottom bit due to lack of fabric but that’s ok, I double flat-felled all seams for extra strength so I’m confident it will all hold up well. I also didn’t have enough fabric for the facing, so just finished the edge with some mustard poplin from my stash, and the yellow zip is an inherited oldie from stash.
in situ in Coles, awaiting the grocery haul
mission accomplished…
Hurray! I’m really ripping through the stash lately! Feels so good!
obligatory pocket photos…
In my #use30 challenge update, the lingerie used 0.5m, and the bag also used about 0.5m… bringing my total up to 24m used, and just 6m to go. I’m so stoked at that number, it feels truly reachable at last!
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