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Midnight Miette
What: I've finished knitting a new cardigan; another Miette, yes, that fantastically popular cardigan design and it's super easy to see why, too. Such a quick and easy thing to make, top-down,...
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a strange lingerie set
I fully admit it; this could very well be the weirdest, most bizarre thing I've ever made! I had toyed with the idea of making a lingerie set to complete my one year one outfit... er... outfit; but...
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all Aussie adventures
MY OUTFIT IS FINISHED!!!And I am showing it all together here for the first time. Can I just say right here; wooooohooooot! The challenge, as laid out by Nicki of this is moonlight, should you choose...
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mustard Issey Miyake skirt
I'm scratching a long-standing itch by making something from this 1986 Issey Miyake pattern; Vogue 1693 ... see, I've used it once before, when it very first came out! to make a skirt and the top for...
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Cassie's dark moss-green ball gown
I thought it might be a good idea to take a few pictures of Cassie wearing one of her own self-made ball gowns, since she has pretty much abandoned her own sewing blog years ago... I'm sure she'll...
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Issey Miyake blouse
Continuing my trip down nostalgia lane, I've made the top from my 1986 Issey Miyake pattern; Vogue 1693...Fabric: a lightweight, fully embroidered cotton voile in pure-as-the-driven-snow white, a...
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blue Issey Miyake trousers
To complete my Issey Miyake trilogy; the trousers.Pattern; Vogue 1693, an Issey Miyake design from 1986.I used a navy blue cotton drill from Spotlight, buttons from Fabulous Fabrics. Hmmm, navy blue...
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do you Art?
Imagine that said in an vehhy posh accent along the lines of "are you being served modom?"... Little anecdote; many years ago I took part in a group craft project, and another lady in the group had...
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pink lace Sierra + Watsons
OK, so I couldn't resist downloading Madalynne's free bralette pattern the Sierra and giving it a go! Plus I made the usual two pairs of matching knickers to go with it. These are both the Watson...
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mocha set
... for me!Fabric; slithery, slinky-malinki poly knit from Fabulous Fabrics in a divinely luxuriously glossy mocha shade; all elastic and other findings from Homecraft Textiles. I wanted to make a...
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some random tips for sewing lingerie
There are a bajillion great posts out there with good tips for sewing lingerie; hopefully this one is adding one or two new pieces of info into the pot... Pattern pieces: If your pattern pieces are...
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Perry Ellis skirt, sort of
New skirt.The above picture is showing what I actually wore out and about today... please note the far less glamorous shoes than featured in the remainder of this post!Pattern; Vogue 1521, a Perry...
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short and rose-y
...some new summer shorts :)Pattern; ye olde faithful Burda 7723. Someone alerted me to the fact that this pattern has been discontinued…. boooo! This is fair dinkum one of my favourite patterns…...
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paprika cardigan
I took some time out from making something far more time-consuming and complicated, ahem Alabama Chanin, cough cough.... ooo did I once say I would never get addicted to Alabama Chanin??? yaas, going...
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an Alabama Chanin project; "Magdalena Dusk"
The very lovely Lisa, of Lisa's Carolina Handmade very kindly sent to me some really beautiful and special fabric; some 100% organic cotton jersey from the Alabama Chanin store in the United States....
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brick bathers
It's a yearly ritual; summer approaching, new bathers.I'm very hard on my bathers. I hardly ever wash the salt water or chlorine out; they get scrumpled up in a wet, sandy, salty towel, left in the...
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teal dress
New dress!Well actually it's not really new at all, in fact I made it barely a year ago... it just feels like a brand spanking new thing somehow just because it's a brand spanking new colour.I...
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tie-front cardigan from a Tshirt pattern; a brief tutorial
Remember recently I made a little paprika cardigan? and I wasn't super happy with my construction technique of the fronts and could visualise a far better method of getting that front edge nice and...
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ivory Ruby
Hello!I've made a new slip; which looks superficially rather plain and boring, belying the hours of of care that has been lavished upon it, haha! Bias hemlines! aaaaugh! *insert Munchian scream...
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Stash Box, plus miniature clothing for tiny people
Recently I was asked by Two Blue Birdies; a Melbourne based, online fabric and haberdashery store to review their Stash Box. What is the Stash Box, you might ask? Well, it is like a little mystery...
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