Special Edition Number 4 of Fibremood has been released and it’s all about sportswear. I chose the Boreal sweater which I thought would be a useful addition to my wardrobe. The Boreal has a bit of an edge – it’s cropped and has balloon sleeves which are in three pieces. All the seams are topstitched […]
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The minute I had finished my first Liz Haywood zero waste jacket I knew I wanted a spring/summer version. I dug out a piece of Marimekko I had bought in Stockholm and which I ruined with some reckless cutting. The design is quite lovely but I have these bias cuts all along the edge as […]
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When Liz Haywood showed a jacket that she had published in the Jaanese magazine, Cotton Time, I knew I needed it in my wardrobe. I could only find the magazine on Amazon Japan, which is a bit upsetting, but I bought it anyway. It’s a lovely magazine and there are several things in it that […]
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In October I’m going to be at the Fibreswest residential retreat in Narrogin, a country town in the wheatbelt and I keep hearing about how freezing it is (thermals are mentioned), so I decided that new pyjamas were in order. I have been meaning to make another hooded robe from Liz Haywood’s excellent book “Zero […]
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