I’m still going with my Sew a Seasonal Wardrobe and I’ve now made a pair of trousers drafted from a pair of favourite Visage trousers which are about ten years old and which are completely worn out. These are the simplest of trousers and they fit me really well, which is why I didn’t throw […]
Read moreSplit bottom top take 2
Following on from my first split bottom top, I made a second one to wear on the Singapore Perth leg of our trip home from our recent holiday, as we were arriving in the middle of the day and I knew it would be hot outside. This is taken after a very long flight from […]
Read moreBespoke culottes
I’ve made a pair of culottes, or are they a bifurcated skirt? Hmmm! This is a pattern that I drafted in my pattern making class using my pencil skirt block as the basis. This surprised me, I thought I would use my trouser block, but no, they are based on a skirt. Anyone who has […]
Read moreTravelling outfit
One of the problems with travelling from a warm climate to a cold climate is what to wear in that transition between countries. I chose to make some trousers from my knit trouser block which I used to make my One Year One Outfit trousers. I teamed the trousers with a funnel necked top made from […]
Read moreA new skirt – size Sue!
This week in my pattern making class at Workspace-FADS I made a new block for a pencil skirt. I am always amused that, among the details written on the pattern, the size is written down as “Sue”. The skirt is a classic pencil shape except that it tapers in slightly at the bottom, preventing the […]
Read moreDyeing experiment and t-shirts
I may have mentioned that I am participating in the One Outfit One Year challenge, where we participants are going to make a complete outfit from only locally sourced materials. I am a bit of a way down the track, in that I have nearly finished my first item of clothing, but, as I am interested in the […]
Read moreFaux wrap skirt
I made a skirt which I drafted myself – yay! I will say at the outset that I like this skirt much better in real life than in these photos. I had this piece of viscose/spandex in my stash and there was too much to make a regular skirt and not enough to make a […]
Read moreAre we bored with bags yet?
Well, I’m not quite bored with making them yet, so expect to see the odd few more. After my last efforts here, here and here, which were all made from stashbusted fabric, I thought I’d make a leather one. This leather was donated to my stash by my friend, Thelma. I have heaps more, but I started […]
Read moreMy excuse? Movember
Actually, I can’t really claim Movember as my excuse for using fabric covered in moustaches, but it’s a good cause and I like to promote it any way I can. I didn’t have it mind when I bought this fabric, I don’t know what I had in my mind! I bought it in Spotlight from their home […]
Read moreGreen wool scarf
Gabi from Heaven Wrapped donated another couple of wool scarves for me to play with and I chose this gorgeous emerald one to start with. Gabi did tell me that I could refine my technique with this one and I was most indignant because I’ve already refined my technique. We all laughed. Then I […]
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