For indulging my fads
For some time Mark has asserted that he wanted to visit the Kimberley region of Western Australia in the “wet” season. The wet season occurs between November and April and it is during this time that most of the rain falls. Basically it’s a stormy time, with cyclones a real possibility, and a time of […]
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I’ve been on a bit of a zero waste journey for a couple of years now and attending Holly McQuillan’s course at Fibres West in 2019 just confirmed what an intriguing process it is. I bought her book and have dabbled with some of the patterns, but I really wanted to try the spiral trousers. […]
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I first made this pattern in the mid 1970s when I was in my early twenties. I see that it was bought at a fabric shop at my then local shopping centre, which is long gone and which I can barely remember now. I remember making a maxi version of this dress from some gorgeous […]
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I had a silk pillowcase that was past its useful life and a gorgeous tee-shirt made from modal and cashmere that was no longer wearable, and kept thinking that there was enough fabric to harvest from each to make something, but had no idea what so they languished in my stash until I happened to […]
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When I made my Christmas wreaths I mentioned that I was making angels and several people asked me to show how. I managed to give all the good ones away, but I’ll use these for the tutorial even though they are slightly dodgy. I found the pattern in a box of my Mum’s stuff and […]
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This is my fourth year of participating in Designin’ December, which means I’ve been participating since its inception. This year I decided to go simple with this 1960s Marimekko shift dress. Designin’ December is a challenge organised by Linda from Nice dress, thanks I made it, with the tagline of “Why buy when you can […]
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Sarah from Pattern Union has released another element in the Phoebe collection and I was lucky enough to be asked to be a tester. This latest pattern is the Phoebe Flounce and it’s a top which goes with the Phoebe Maxi skirt and the Phoebe Pockets (trousers). It can be made as a top and […]
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