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An Evening Dress For Mum
Those of you who follow me on Twitter, might have seen this picture already, but I thought I’d give it some context here. I’m making my Mum an evening dress. I spent a day shopping with her in the city on Mother’s Day weekend. She pointed out all the dresses she liked & I took … Read more
Jelly Shot Birthday Party
For the last few months I’ve been pinning almost everything from Jelly Shot Test Kitchen to my pinterest boards. They all looked so pretty & way nicer than the crappy packet jelly & cheap vodka in a plastic shot glass variety jelly shots that we had in uni. I really wanted to make some & … Read more
The Back-Up Birthday Dress
So after spending too much time thinking about making a wrap dress, I decided to get my act together & actually make one. So I layed out all the pattern pieces to make my new wrap dress the other weekend & after an hour of fussing & re-arranging I concluded that I just didn’t have … Read more
I’ve been busy alright?!
I have! Honest! It was my birthday & then it was my Dad’s birthday, family lunches, Hopak in the Park, Hopak in the Park afterparty, early morning taxis, recovery. My birthday party, days of testing & planning & cooking & baking for the party (more on that later), more recovery* Mother’s Day dinners & lunches … Read more
Dreams of a Wrap Dress
Recently I bought this lovely rayon challis from Gorgeous Fabrics. I thought it would be perfect for a Autumny wrap dress or drapey dress. The kind you can wear to work or our to Friday night drinks or out to a nice (red wine & laughter filled) dinner with friends. Anyway I think you get … Read more
poached quinces sans wisdom.
I’m at home this week, bundled up on the couch recovering from having all 4 wisdom teeth removed on Monday. Funny story that. Two months ago I didn’t think I had wisdom teeth. I’d been to the dentist years ago with pain in my jaw thinking that my wisdom teeth might be coming through. The … Read more
An Easter Dress For My Niece
Last weekend was Orthodox Easter, so I decided to make an Easter dress for my niece who was enjoying her first Easter. I used McCalls 4424 as a basis for this dress. I modified the skirt slightly to have a petticoat instead of the skirt trim. The dress is made with a printed cotton from … Read more
Trenchcoat.
For quite a while now I’ve wanted a classic beige trench coat. Every now & then I’ll be getting dressed & think, a classic beige trench coat would be perfect right now. Then I’m disappointed because I don’t have one. I end up getting dressed, thinking, I’d love a coat just like this one: Or … Read more
Pattern Magic Top
I made a new top. This one is from one the pattern magic books (sorry can’t remember which one & I’m too lazy to put my laptop down, get up off the couch & walk to the bookshelf to find the book & tell you for sure which one it is). The checked fabric is … Read more
