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olive faux suede top
I've made a new top :)Yoshimi and I saw this very realistic faux suede while out shopping together in Tokyo last January and we both bought some to make tops. Yoshimi made her lovely pale pink top...
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the travelling yellow skirt freak show
Y'ello! Calling all sunbeamers :DI am taking part in the Travelling Yellow Skirt Freak Show! the brainchild of Melanie aka Miz Bagg at Bag and a Beret; and you can read the story behind the yellow...
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cafe au lait bootlegs
New jeans/pants/jeggings/whatevs.Burda 7863, stretch bengaline from Spotlight.So. I guess that's about all I have to say! I've made this pattern what, nine times now, I think. Speaks volumes. The...
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blue ray
Winter is officially over here, so right on target I've finished a wintery little dress. :) I spent some quality time with my dyepot, dyeing bright blue corduroy in four different moody blues for the...
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One Week One Pattern
Hello! I've been taking part in One Week One Pattern again. Where we wear a representative of one pattern, for every day of a week. I am completely unable to resist a clothing challenge and...
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"Swedish" dress
I've made my Swedish souvenir :)I bought this linen-mix with a Swedish designed print in Stockholm during our Scandinavian holiday. I fell in love with the bold and yet delicate print in orange,...
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"framing" with an inset strip in a pieced garment
This method gives what could best be described as an inset strip. It can be used to "frame" individual pieces and will highlight the piecing in a design as an interesting feature.It is a flat strip...
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pink
I've rejigged these strawberry pink jeans into a skirt. I made the jeans two years ago using an Au Bonheur des petites mains pattern courtesy of shams, thank you shams! There's lots of things I liked...
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chunky two tone sandals
I've made my second pair of shoes! suede and vinyl, medium heeled, clog-like sandals.I really like them stylistically. In fact dare I say, I even love them a little bit! My general criteria with my...
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a bobbly little top, and some others too
I've made a few new tops...Top un; a cosy little pom-pommy top, using pattern 111 from Burdastyle magazine 04-2014 in a bobbly stretch fabric the colour of whipped cream from Fabulous Fabrics. The...
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a "Norwegian" jacket
I've made up my Norwegian souvenir fabric.Pining for the fjords? me? well, maybe just a little ;)I bought this divinely thick, strong, and sturdy cotton drill in Oslo during our Scandinavian holiday,...
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raspberry Alabama Chanin tank dress
I've finished a handmade dress. It's dyed, printed and stitched together entirely by me. This is a fitted tank dress, the pattern is from the book Alabama Studio Sewing + Design, by Natalie Chanin....
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the children's choice
So recently I had a birthday, and my children gave me a perfectly lovely surprise! fabric of their choice, for a particular pattern also of their choice. It's like Sew Bossy all over again!! haha, I...
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Mum. A blog hop. And a thank you.
First things first; I thought I'd open on a note both lovely and interesting, my mother wearing a creation made by her. Mum knitted her top, the Jo Sharp sideways ribbed top using Jo Sharp Soho Summer...
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a blocky sundress
I screen-printed this random murky-coloured block fabric last year, and have finally got around to making it into something. At last! The 5-colour print is my own design; and in fact the dress is my...
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Ginger jeans
Hello! I've made some new jeans :)These are the Ginger jeans designed by Heather of Closet Case Patterns, and named after Sonya of Ginger makes, and I was so happy that Heather asked me to test the...
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Cream dress with unusual pockets
New dress, with interesting pockets.While browsing Pinterest, as you do, I came across a line drawing of a very elegant dress on and I immediately knew I wanted to have a go at drafting it for myself....
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a ladylike skirt
I have lots of "little" skirts, but it's nice to have some longer, looser, wider skirts too. To be more refined, relaxed, ladylike and elegant, and less, er, whatever I was before. This pattern is...
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Oblique mitred corners
I'm taking part in bimble and pimple's Sewvember instagram challenge, and on day two our mission, should we choose to accept it, *Dun Dun dundundun Dun*... was "technique". I happened to be doing a...
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a creamy little double-fronted top
My new top will come as a very un-surprise to anyone who has been following me in the Sewvember instagram challenge, haha!...This pattern is Burdastyle 04/2014-115, with modified sleeves and my fabric...
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