Fibreswest has moved to a new venue – the Narrogin Agricultural College, which is situated on a beautiful 1,404 hectare commercial farm which supports both crops and livestock. They run commercial Merino sheep, a Suffolk stud, Black Angus cattle and a free-range commercial egg production enterprise. Much of the food we ate came from the […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
Issue 28 of the Fibremood magazine is once again full of lovely garments and I did have trouble choosing one. Sleeves seem to be having a big moment and as I love my Fibremood Odyna with the big sleeves, I decided to choose the Malia, which has similar but different sleeves. As autumn is rumoured […]
Read more
I’ve long been wanting a long Stokx Flirt Skirt, especially after seeing Wendy’s on IG (@whendy7). This is one of the many hacks that Lindy from Stokx Patterns offers, but I struggled to find a piece of fabric big enough. I did think of colour blocking several pieces of fabric together but wanted a neutral […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more