My Birthday Dress Complete
My birthday dress has been sitting half finished for almost a month! Since my birthday was on Saturday I decided that on Friday it was time to get cracking & finish it. The main reason why the dress had been sitting unfinished for so long was because I couldn't find a silk in the same … Read more
Easter Weekend & A New Blouse
Happy Easter! I hope everyone has had a happy & safe easter. This year in Australia we get a 5-day long weekend over Easter, as Easter weekend coincided with another public holiday. So that means I’ve spent my weekend sewing like crazy. Whilst I’ve been very productive, it hasn’t been without it’s dramas, nothing has … Read more
Sakura Dress – Making The Silk Flowers
This weekend I have been making silk flowers for my Sakura dress. I wanted a nice 5-petal flower shape to use as a template for all my cherry blossoms, BUT, if you haven’t worked it out by now, my drawing skills leave a lot to be desired. So I turned to Google images, typed in … Read more
Autumn is here!
For those of you that haven’t been forced to listen to my rant on seasons, autumn is my favourite, (summer & winter draw for second – long days of summer, snow in winter, spring is my least favourite because it rains too much & the weather is too inconsistent – at least it is in … Read more
Sakura Dress – Embroidery Practice
So…. embroidery hey. The last time I embroidered anything was when I was in primary school & I completed one of those long stitch embroidery packs. You know the ones with the picture printed onto the cross-stitch fabric & then you match the colours printed on the fabric with the woolen yarns they give you? … Read more
Fabric for Sakura Dress
I went to Darn Cheap this weekend & picked out my fabric for my Sakura dress. I also went to a bead store & got some beads for the flowers; From left to right: Pale pink polyester lining, pale pink grosgrain ribbon for waist stay, clasp for waist stay, brown embroidery cotton, hot pink silk … Read more
Sakura Dress
When I was in Japan, the plum blossoms had just started to bloom. Unfortunately I was a couple of weeks early for the cherry blossom or sakara season, but even so the plum blossoms were beautiful. I became a little obsessed with the blossoms & poor Greg was often left sitting on a bench somewhere … Read more
