Laurel Top
A few weekends ago I felt like making some new tops. Colette Patterns had just released their new Laurel pattern. So I thought I’d try it out. I used a vintage cotton for this top, it has a nice weight to it making it perfect for an Autumn top. The pattern came together quite easily … Read more
Vivienne Westwood Inspired Skirt
Recently I’d been oogling Vivienne Westwood tartan skirts online. I had small section of wool tartan – about1-1.5m of it, so I thought why not give it a go & try to make one. This is what I ended up making. The wool tartan came from my husband’s grandmother’s collection. I’m not sure where she got it … Read more
Into the Archive: My Little Black Dress
I guess I’ve been sewing for quite a while now, (since mid-2005). Every now & then one of my friends will ask me how I made something & then after I’ve explained it to them, they follow up with, ‘I could never do that’. To be fair, if you’ve never sewn before it would be … Read more
This dress was the fabric’s fault
I made this dress to wear to a friend’s wedding in March. The red & navy silk brocade was a new purchase, but everything else was made with scraps & remnants already in my stash. The side drape is made with the rayon wool blend that I used for my navy strapless dress, the silk … Read more
A new dress just for the sake of it.
So I wrote this post 13 months ago. For a dress I made about 14-16 months ago. I don’t know when exactly I made it, but it was sometime during the summer of 2011-2012. But I never got around to taking photos of the dress to go with the post. This probably gives you some … Read more
Side Projects
When working on something like my Valentino copy dress, I often end up completing quite a few smaller side projects at the same time. This is just because sometimes I want to sew something that can be finished quickly & isn’t too much of a challenge. Some times it works out quite well, for a … Read more
Date Night
Before I left for Shanghai, Greg & I went out for dinner & a movie in the city. I decided to make a dress that had been sitting on my ‘to-sew’ pile for a long time to wear out. I bought the fabric, (rayon challis), some months ago, from Gorgeous Fabrics, and had intended to make … Read more
Back in Shanghai
Well, I’m back in Shanghai again. This time it’s for a couple of weeks, (the last trip was for less than a week), so I actually get to spend some time on the weekend looking around. The weather here is great, it’s the middle of autumn – my favourite part of my favourite season. Today … Read more
Last Minute Dress
I made this dress to wear to a friend’s wedding last weekend. I love how it turned out but for a while there it was a bit touch & go. To begin with it was last minute decision to make a dress. I got back from about 5-6 weeks of overseas travel (some for work, … 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 laid 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
