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
Bright & Summery Skirt
I had some fabric left over from my bright & summery version of V1174 and I it would look good in a pencil skirt. I also really liked the effect of the piping detail against this fabric on the dress so I thought it would be fun to replicate it on the skirt. I went … Read more
A Little Bit Of Bling
I was thinking about my post about the green coat & wondering why I was finding it so difficult to work it into an outfit. I think it’s because I was taking entirely the wrong approach, this shouldn’t be a casual jacket, it should be a dress jacket. Perhaps I should be more specific – … Read more
The Christmas Dress – Drafting a Pattern Pt. 2
The next part of the pattern that I drafted was the circle skirt. As I mentioned in my previous post, I am by no means an expert in pattern drafting. However drafting a circle skirt was SUPER easy. Having said that this pattern does require a very small amount of maths to be done, really … Read more
Travel Wardrobe On Tour
I was going through some old photos today & realised that I whilst I devoted innumerable posts to my travel wardrobe, I never actually posted any photos of me wearing it overseas, so better late than never… Our holiday was only a week long. We went to Malaysia for a friend’s wedding & then flew … Read more
Vintage Wool Skirt
This plan of 'exposing' my basket of shame is really working! So far I've conquered two of the four unfinished projects I have. Though I did spend most of this morning thinking about acceptable reasons to break my rule about not cutting the Shenzhen fabric until I moved. The good news is I didn't. This … Read more
Travel Wardrobe – Roman Holiday Skirt
It was a long weekend in Melbourne this week, so I used all the extra time off to get cracking on my travel wardrobe. On Sunday morning I made this skirt. This skirt is made using one of my all time favourite patterns. This pattern is from my Mum's collection which I recently apprehended. … Read more
Travel Wardrobe
In August my husband & I are going to go to Malaysia for a friend's wedding & then on to Hong Kong to visit some friends. It looks like the weather is going to be hot & humid, so I looked through my wardrobe to see what I could take. It turns out that spending … Read more
Floating Tops
Here is the outfit I posted a drawing of earlier in the week. I wore this last night to a cocktail party for some friends who’d gotten married earlier in the day. I’d made the top some time ago in summer. For some reason I wanted a top that everyone looked at & wondered how … Read more
