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Red velveteen skirt; 6 different ways
A bigfashion trend around about these parts currently is the red jeans trend. It is HUGE-o-rama! I do like it too.. however since my husband bought a pair of bright red jeans for himself while in...
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here's a thought...
Details:Top; from Pattern Magic 3, of grey marle jersey knit, details hereShorts; Burda 7723 modified, of grey/beige corduroy, details hereThongs; HavaiianaThe last day of the month, the time of...
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Spammy spam spam spam
Rachel of My Messings recently awarded to me the One Lovely Blog award, thank you so much Rachel!Now I know we are supposed to write seven things about ourselves, but honestly. Aren't people's entire...
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A travel wardrobe
I'm a bit late with this post, but a week ago my mother, Cassie and I returned from a uber-fun and girly, long weekend away :DTime away: 5 daysWhere to:MelbourneSeason:the last days of spring. Cool...
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A fluttery cloudy thing
This wasn’t actually supposed to be a real dress. I was playing about. I have to confess to a few struggles with my fabric… that had a mind of its own and a recalcitrant disposition. If fabrics can...
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Check-mate
... because I've made something in a check, and I'm accompanied by my best-est mate :) The former, a rarity; the latter, far less so!So, the searing-est of searing hot scorchers are but just around...
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Not-naked toes
"There's only one thing worse than chipped toenail polish, and that is NO toenail polish!!"These words of wisdom are oft repeated by a very good friend at this time of year... striking fear into the...
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twelve recurring
... posted at twelve minutes past twelve o'clock, on the twelfth of December, 2012
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Vegetable placemats
Occasionally I still come across old things, handmade by me, but still not shown yet on this blog (blush)I found this set of eight linen placemats tucked into the back of my linen cupboard. These were...
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Bread
Have I ever mentioned before that I married a very clever man? Maybe, but if not then.. I have. A very clever man indeed.Well, he married me, didn't he?Haha! kidding!He has done some other clever...
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LBS
The amount of Christmas "creating" going on around here has been insane lately! I have been sewing like an absolute madwoman... ! but this Little Black Skirt is not a part of that. This is a sorta...
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Blood Orange top; 6 different ways
Hey y'all peeps. I've been having a play around with my blood orange Vogue 1247 top... trying out different ways to wear it.So... I might have said this before, once, or twice, or twenty times ;)...
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Looking sharp! Craig's birthday shirt
It is my husband's birthday, and I have made a shirt for him!I used my favourite my only! men's shirt pattern Burda 7767, adjusted for a perfect custom fit; and a gorgeously high quality, striped...
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the Wolery
After my brothers and I had all moved out of home and started our own families; I started a rather non-rigid, and not annual, tradition of making a Christmas ornament for each of us... just something...
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Chocolate with a little zing; Tim's Christmas shirt
I made a shirt for our eldest son for a Christmas pressie...using Burda 7767 (surprise!!) and some lovely deeply sludgy, purply-chocolate linen bought from the Fabric Store in Melbourne during our...
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Stripey Sam; Sam's Christmas shirt
Next up; Sam! and I made a shirt for his Christmas pressie too. Ohhhh yes, I have been a very very busy bee lately!I used Burda 7767, and blue and white striped fabric from the Fabric Store,...
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White Christmas; Craig's Christmas shirt
I made a shirt for Craig for Christmas too; and used er, hehehe; Burda 7767 again! I bought some very nice white cotton broadcloth from Spotlight; and the buttons are also from Spotlight.Actually, this...
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As blue as; Cassie's Christmas dress
Last up: Cassie! and I made a dress for Cassie for Christmas this year; this is the loose drape tank-top from drape drape by Hisako Sato. I used a thin cotton jersey, printed in an interesting...
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Extras...
Hmmm, I'm going to have to squeeze a few lobbed-in-together Christmas-make posts, or I am not going to finish this biz before the end of the year!Firstly; as I am sure everyone is aware ;) Christmases...
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2012; a retrospective
Here we are, the very last day of the year! and a good time to reflect... was the year fabulous? was it awful? was it so humdrum we now cannot remember a single thing? Of course, the beauty of having...
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