Well here I am in Fiji and I think I have managed to pull every muscle in my body! Not sure how; was it the 18 hours it took me to get here, door to door? Anyway, I have managed to wear my new swimsuit (the Betty Boop one), and it is so much better […]
Read moreBusy, busy!
I had one of those weekends where I seemed to be in a whirl. Tom and Bridgette left for their European odyssey, so we are now officially child free (although we do have my father). I am off to Fiji tomorrow (for work, so little pleasure to be had), so I had to get organised […]
Read moreHoley schmoley!
Although I make socks for everyone in the family, there is something about my toes and I always seem to finish up with holes where my big toes should be. No-one else in the family suffers from this, just me. So, I spend quite a bit of time darning – using this cute, oddly shaped […]
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The leather that my friend Thelma donated from her stash to mine has been like a siren’s call. About once a week I get it out and try and think about what I can make that will do it justice. I have been thinking collars, pockets, trims, etc. but yesterday I wore this skirt and […]
Read moreCute as a button
Bridgette came round on Saturday to get help with making another dress for the European adventure. She brought round the button fabric that I had cunningly offloaded on to her to reduce my stash (and begin hers!). I got this fabric in the Potter’s half price sale. It was a remnant, but just big enough […]
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This is probably the scariest post I have done so far (although it is early days!). Inspired by HandmadebyCarolyn’s white bombshell (doesn’t she look amazing?), I rushed off and bought this pattern from Closet Case Files and decided that I had to have it in a polka dot! Given that these are ’50s inspired bathers, I thought […]
Read moreTo toile or not to toil, that should be the question?
(with apologies to William S). As Keith Urban has been known to sing: “When I wake up in the mornin’ light, I pull on my jeans and I feel all right”*, so today I wore my new blue jeans for the first time, but they were supposed to be a toile! I made these jeans from […]
Read moreHandmade button
Inspired by the chenille bag I made, I thought I might have a go at chenilling leather to make another button/magnet thing. As this was a proof of concept activity (mixing business and pleasure now!) I used the scrappiest bits of leather I could find – an old bag bought in an opshop, so a […]
Read moreSunday Sew-along
Much happiness today because Bridgette spent part of the day with me sewing a dress to take to Europe in two weeks (how many sleeps?). This was a bit of a stashbust. The front of the dress was some fabric that I bought on ebay – a retro print from Donna Wilder, a gorgeous soft […]
Read moreStash or bust?
Soo… I was wondering what constitutes a stash and a stash bust. Is it a stash when it moves into the cupboard (as against being in a bag on the floor, or piled on the chair)? Is it when it is a week old? a month old? a year old?? Hmmm, no definitive answer methinks. […]
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