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may the fourth be with you
International Star Wars Day, hehe :)So, here I'm on my way out for a day of shopping, including a visit to Spotlight to check out the $5 patterns. I bought one. Very restrained, I thought. Yeah....
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not-so-new
Hello, from the both of us.I wanted to wear this little white linen top but none of my skirts felt very inspiring so I randomly threw it on over this dress. And discovered that the lower band of the...
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blue, with cardigan
Looking at this picture, I've just realised that my outfit is vaguely early 50's, a la "A Place to Call Home"; with my long-skirted, waisted dress, a little cardigan and oxford-style shoes. Ha! A...
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paper doll project
1st-6th May(I've pledged to wear only clothes handmade by me this year and to sketch my daily outfits in my Fashionary. I'm calling this the paper doll project)from left:sand Tshirt, ivory curtaining...
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neutrals
Yesterday I met up with my usual group of friends for morning tea, and today I met up with another group of different friends for another morning tea! It's been gorgeous; a delightfully sociable start...
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charcoal, with red legs
Whoarr! It's such a wild and stormy day here in Perth today!We had buckets of rain overnight, and now it's blowing a gale. Sienna and I got caught in a shower this morning, and had to shelter under a...
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ivory, with swirly legs
Maybe because I have no imagination, or maybe because it is about this time in the challenge that I start to get a bit restless with the whole thing... I randomly decided to wear basically the same...
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my sewing/creative space
Today's photo mini-challenge is your sewing/creative space, and even though I did try to think of some creative and interesting way of interpreting the challenge I failed, sorry, and have just had to...
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Beluga knitted gloves
I have knitted some gloves!I used an pattern from the same knitting booklet I use for my hand-knitted socks; the Patons Knitting Book C11, a little pamphlet dating from the early 60's. The only change...
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wheat dress, grey coat
Saturday... We were going out later and I had decided early on to wear this ensemble. Rather than wear something so-so 'n sloppy for the first part of the day and getting changed into the smart 'n...
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Mother's Day
Hello! and wishing a very happy Mother's Day to all yummy mummies out there! Here's to waking up to cute offspring-y kisses, a hot cup of tea and a lovingly hand-crafted card this morning :)min 11C,...
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Shelly has kindly notified me that there is a blogger out there completely ripping off my work; including my sewing creations, my words, my pictures and even my image! and claiming it all as their own...
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Cancer, the sign of the crab
I have made a new dress.And here I am wearing it to scramble about on the rocks, just like a, er, crab....?.....?well, it's a tenuous little link!!I made it using a new-to-me pattern Vogue 1317. I...
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Blue on blue on blue...
The front-on view of a garment is the conventional, possibly the only acceptable way we are expected to show our outfits. The Comme des Garcons A/W 2012 show, with a report by Tim Blanks, provided a...
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knots and leopard
Further to the subject uppermost in my mind lately; badmomgoodmom left a link in a comment to her post on the theft of content in blogging, an extremely interesting article, well-researched, thorough...
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charcoal and ivory
One thing I always, but always get out of me-made months is that I have loads of clothes.... loads. It's slightly embarrassing. I start out the month pep-talking to myself firmly that I am just...
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hat
The mini-photo challenge in MMM for today is Hat... so ta-taaa!Horrible indecision in front of my wardrobe this morning. I have made several hats, but nothing seemed right with this outfit that I...
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weekend
Saturday. Was really not feeling it today, and I think it shows. Did not give a toss if I looked nice today or not. Really didn't. Scraping motivation from the bottom of the barrel. I guess we all...
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grey stripes, ivory and pink
Monday, Monday. Sorry for the dreary photo. The light seemed quite bright at the time, but I think my camera was more enthralled with catching the contrasting beauty of fluffy grey cotton wool clouds...
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grey, grey and grey
Wednesday: and I'm getting pretty tired of taking a photo of myself every day for me-made May, but it's not long to go now. She says through gritted teeth. Oh look I know, self-inflicted and all...
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