It’s Making Zen online retreat time again, and, with a VIP pass I have early access, which, along with lifetime access, means I can start and stop when I like. I was so excited when I saw the lineup – Liz Haywood, one of my favourite designers, was offering a zero waste pattern and tutorial […]
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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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Yes, I still seem to be awash in deconstructed jeans so I thought I’d make a Stokx Flirt skirt. This seemingly small skirt takes quite a bit of fabric and it took the legs of 3 pairs of jeans to create it. I wanted to vary the colour of denim, so chose light and dark […]
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The latest edition of Tauko Magazine, issue 16, has one of Liz Haywood’s zero waste creations, a zero waste beret. Imagine my excitement when Liz contacted me months ago and asked me if I’d be willing to be a fit model as my head is the smallest size, and my husband’s is the biggest, so […]
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When I made the orange pinafore dress using Simplicity 4789, I was testing the pattern to see what changes, if any, I needed. For the orange one I dropped everything from the shoulders down by 2cm. I decided to change that for this version and just drop the bottom of the armholes and the bust […]
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The latest pattern from Liz Haywood’s kitchen atelier is a zero waste warm hat, which I wasted no time in buying as I had just been thinking that Mark needed a new beanie. I found some fantastic fleece leftover from a jacket I had made him. The fabric originally came from Knitwit Fabrics. I will […]
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When Sally @baylissblanche sent me a large cache of children’s patterns, I immediately began looking for some winter appropriate things to make and thought pyjamas would be nice. I had quite a lot of vintage pink floral flannelette that had belonged to my mother and from which I had made pyjamas for myself. Miss G […]
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I’ve made a Liz Haywood zero waste satchel before and loved it, but it was beginning to look a bit tatty so I thought it was time for a new one. The pattern is in her May e-zine, or in her new book! I wanted to make a few modifications such as having the ability […]
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Liz Haywood from A Craft of Clothes has been writing a monthly e-zine called “A year of zero waste”. The much anticipated December e-zine was about zero waste and pleats and includes instructions for making a pleated top. I immediately began looking for striped fabric as that was one of Liz’s recommendations and found it […]
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I’ve been waiting anxiously for Liz Haywood to release her zero waste blouse and was pleased when Liz told me I was the first person in the world to buy the pattern! Didn’t know how I felt when her husband guessed it was me though! chuffed I think. I love the pintucks and the Peter […]
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