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Me-Made May 2014
So once more I have LOVED taking part in me-made May again this year! I participated in the Flickr group every day but decided to just write one summary post here on my blog about my experience; which...
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a travel wardrobe; Scandinavia
Travelling! We're home from a perfectly delightful sojourn in Scandinavia, back to a house full of the noise and busy-ness of offspring and animals, of cooking and cleaning. Not to mention a mountain...
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Fabric shopping in Scandinavia
When going away I like to buy at least one piece of fabric or some yarn from a place, so I can make for myself a wearable souvenir. So how fortunate that fabric shopping in Scandinavia is...
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Magicka robe
Have you heard of Magicka?That's OK, I hadn't either until less than a week ago. Now I consider myself an expert, at least on the attire. This weekend is Supanova weekend in Perth and Sam wanted a...
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Fashionary tape; and a giveaway
I was thrilled to receive recently Fashionary's newest and latest invention; the Fashionary tape. This is a dressmakers' tape measure, but it's not not just any old ordinary tape measure. The...
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the spoils from Scandinavia...
I totally should have posted this before, sorry!... some fellow fabric enthusiasts expressed interest in seeing my Scandinavian purchases; the spoils sought and acquired, packed and repacked, schlepped...
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Jim jams
Mundane, but oh so welcome and necessary. I've been absolutely freezing!!! at night lately and my old winter jammies were as thin as! so this was highest of high on my list of priorities. But it had...
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On tights and socks...
After wearing only my own self-made tights throughout 2013 during my year of all-handmade, I have worn some RTW tights a few times lately. And made a surprising discovery.I actually prefer my...
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Caramel suede cardigan/jacket
o hello :)I've made a suede cardigan for myself, or is it a jacket? The pattern says "jacket" but I tend to think of jackets as being kinda involved, time-consuming things to make, with lining and so...
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my Milanese Panther dress
Not the real Milanese panther of course which I understand is a very rare animal...I bought this fabric in Milan during our trip there two years ago. I realised after making up my caramel suede from...
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Chocolate...
... mm mmmmm, it looks just exactly like Bessie has had a giant big vat of melted chocolate poured all over her, yes?So, after I cut the pockets out of this delicious chocolate brown silk charmeuse for...
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Cocoa georgette dress, and a giveaway
Ok, so I'm on the fence... I'm not sure if my new dress is just an ultra feminine style that I'm not quite used to it yet, or um, sorta hideous. I hope it's not hideous, that would be pretty tragic...
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"watercolour" floral lingerie set
Another lingerie set, and a new-to-me bra pattern. This is pattern 2610 for a balconette style bra by makeBra, a Finnish lingerie pattern company. The two pairs of matching knickers are my usual...
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Mum's Alabama Chanin skirt
I am so glad that Mum brought around her finished Alabama Chanin skirt for me to ooh and ah over; and has allowed me to photograph her wearing it and to show it here on my blog too... thank you so...
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A split-backed top
Once upon a time there was a shirt, a man's shirt. This shirt was superficially unremarkable, but was made out of a wonderful microfibre that had extraordinarily silk-like properties. Soft, ripply,...
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an Icelandic jumper for Sam
This is my first project from Knitting with Icelandic Wool, a knitting book I bought as a souvenir from Iceland on our recent trip away. The jumper is my birthday present to Sam and it's um, only two...
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burnt brown bootlegs
I've made some jeans/pants/jeggings type of things... hmmm, I'm still not sure what to call these! My oldest jeans, my olive/greys, are holding up so well, the best out of all my jeans! and I think...
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an Icelandic hoodie for Tim
*another week of furious knitting later* and I've made an Icelandic hoodie for Tim, my birthday present to him. He chose the Grein design on p108 of Knitting with Icelandic Wool, the knitting book I...
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Dusting slippers
I've made something useful; slippers, that clean!I pinned these mopping slippers a while ago, and have now got around to making my own. See, we have no carpets in our house and lots of animals;...
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Denim slides!
I've made some shoes!!! This is my first foray into "proper" footwear. Yeah, I made slippers recently, but I'm not counting those. And technically these are slides, which are pretty basic things on...
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