The Bryer Skirt, from the zero waste designer Liz Haywood, was bought whilst I was at the Fibres West residential conference; whilst I was in bed in fact. I therefore couldn’t make it immediately, but luckily I acquired fabric at the garage sale whilst I was there and decided to make my first iteration from […]
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I’ve been following the exploits of various sock monkeys on Instagram for some time and kept thinking I’d make one. My biggest problem was socks. I always knit my own and have none that would be suitable. In the end I had to buy some – shock, horror! I was motivated to get a move […]
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One of the latest offerings from Fibremood (Magazine 24) is the Giti, a very cute cross body phone bag. I didn’t want to make any summer clothes, but felt that I could readily use one of these when I have no pockets to put my phone in. The bag has a little credit card slot […]
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I’ve had a bit of a yearning for a red jacket and just happen to have a piece of red blanket, bought at the FibresWest garage sale last year. I’ve already made a body warmer from the blanket but still have enough left for a skirt or some other small garment. I cut out the […]
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I have the weeklong workshop happening at FibresWest in early July and I’m doing a dyeing class so thought I should get an apron that wouldn’t show the dye stains and which had good coverage. I’d just made some temporary curtains for my sewing shed (steel shutters will be made at some point), so used […]
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Every May there is a lovely challenge called “Me Made May” which happens on Instagram. The challenge was created by Zoe Edwards, a sewing blogger and pattern designer from the UK. Participants are encouraged to wear their handmade clothing and accessories throughout the month of May, and to document their outfits on social media. The […]
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I seem to have made quite a few Stokx patterns recently, namely the Square Pants, Play Pants and Flirt Skirt. I made the Play Pants from a beautiful piece of wool flannel that had been my mother’s. I made the version with the little split at the ankle, but this meant that I couldn’t lengthen […]
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Last winter I found a gap in my wardrobe – I needed skivvies to layer under things. For non Australians, a skivvy is a close-fitting, long-sleeved T-shirt with a rolled collar. I didn’t want a turtle neck and I didn’t want a cowl: I wanted a high neck, not particularly close fitting. I have several […]
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I found a very cheap cotton Gorman quilt and immediately thought I’d make a reversible jacket with it. I spent most of March and April considering my options: pattern; front fastening; pockets; edging; etc, and then saw Hélène’s @hportemanteau Made it Patterns Flip Jacket and thought that would work nicely. The Flip Jacket is fully […]
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Lindy from Stokx Patterns sent me the Stokx Play Pants pattern as part of my Designin’ December prize. My first attempt was made from stretchy fabric, and they are too big, in spite of being size 0, so I decided to try again with non-stretch fabric and the result is perfect! I used some lightweight […]
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