I’m still pursuing the One Year One Outfit endeavour and I am again going to complete the outfit from totally locally produced materials. I have had my first piece completed for a couple of months now, and felt it was time I blogged it. For once I have produced something eminently wearable and to prove […]
Read moreI spent the weekend doing a bag felting course at Feltwest with Meggipeg, and we had such a great time. I’ve never done 3D felting before and it was a bit of a revelation – even though I’ve read about it, there’s a lot to be said for experiencing it. I now have a bag for […]
Read moreI’ve had this outfit finished for a while now but needed to find a cooler time to put it all on. There is a surprising amount of clothing here! For those of you who haven’t been following my One Year One Outfit journey, I accepted the challenge from thisismoonlight to create an entire outfit from one […]
Read moreThis is the last part of my outfit for the One Year One Outfit challenge where we are required to make a complete outfit from only locally produced and processed materials. This time I am able to show you my underwear which bears an uncanny resemblance to the underwear that Wilma Flintstone would wear had […]
Read moreI’m nearly there with my One Year One Outfit project! Episode 4 is my shoes and bag, so I shall no longer be barefoot in the photos. The shoes have been a bit of a epic journey so this post is pretty media heavy – sorry! It all started with a log. This is part […]
Read moreHere is the final (outerwear) garment in my One Year One Outfit challenge: a swing coat. This coat was self-drafted with the help of Sarah from Workspace-FADS and was loosely based on the Tessuti Sydney Jacket (previous make here), but evolved to a point beyond recognition. Here is the only part from the original pattern, which I really […]
Read moreThe second part of my outfit (part one here) is a corset, of sorts. At least that’s how it started out. However, the whole issue of boning was quite taxing. I had a friend offer to bring me some lamb ribs from her farm. Err, no, I don’t think so. Then there was a whole […]
Read moreI’ve had a few false starts with this challenge (see here, here, here, here, and here), but now I have almost completed my final outfit. I thought I would make it the subject of a couple of posts so that I can do all this work justice. First of all let me reacquaint you with the […]
Read moreI’ve had this sweater finished for some time now but haven’t worn it before for some reason and therefore haven’t blogged it. It’s cold now, so the situation has been remedied. I made this for the One Year One Outfit challenge set by Nicki from Thisismoonlight. It is the same pattern as this sweater, but as […]
Read moreI had a happy weekend spent with my friend Thelma, who is a bona fide textile artist and teacher. I decided to take advantage of her expertise to undertake my first felting project. To make this little scrap of felt, we firstly gathered our supplies. I had bubble wrap to hand, and we cut up a […]
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