This year is the 10th anniversary of Perth Frocktails and I have attended them all. I have made and worn outfits that I’ve never worn since, so over the last three years I decided to wear things that I will wear again, and this year is no exception. Lindy from Stokx Patterns gifted me the […]
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I’ve been doing a bit of dyeing lately, most of it red for a few Christmas type things and a new top for me, to be reported on soon. As the dyeing finishes I throw in other fabric just so it doesn’t get wasted and it tends to come out pink. My son-in-law has given […]
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I seem to have made lots of little things, many of which have gone unreported, so thought I’d add them to one post, which may turn out to be quite big. I made a girl pirate tee shirt for my granddaughter to wear swimming for a safety week. I finished up having to handpaint the […]
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Miss G is three! She received a baby born doll for her birthday and her mother asked if I could make an outfit to replace the one she was wearing which is polyester and quite horrible. I accepted the request with alacrity, and was told not to go to too much trouble. Of course I […]
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A while back Megan found some RM Williams moleskin deadstock in bone and burgundy, and Katherine, Megan and I got 2m of each colour each and decided that it would be our next sewalong, which coincided beautifully with Jamming June for Magamsewalong. Katherine dyed her light moleskin pale blue, which is gorgeous and stopped us […]
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It’s that time of year where I don’t really want to give chocolate but feel as though I should give the grandchildren something. So I made these bunny bags, which are a free pattern from Bernina. I made this one as a kind of proof of concept, using fabrics donated to my stash by my […]
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I’ve long had a yen to make a Stokx patterns Coco top, loving the fact that it’s so versatile and has such interesting details and thanks to Lindy’s generosity, I’ve now made the first of many. The top took me a little longer to make as I was unable to print the pattern at home. […]
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