easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in fabric, re-enactment, shopping on Aug 12th, 2010
Last weekend we paid a visit to Broadlands, where there was a multi-period historical re-enactment weekend going on. As you can see, the weather was absolutely ideal for a British summer’s day out.
As it turned out the Victorian Redcoats didn’t have to shelter for very long, but it was certainly very wet while it lasted!
This [...]
Posted in inspiration, sewing, shopping on Jul 29th, 2010
During the 1960s, the big pattern companies enlisted the help of the hottest young designers to bring the latest fashions to their catalogues. This is Butterick 5912, designed by Mary Quant, whose patterns were licensed by Butterick well into the 1970s. I have a sneaking suspicion that this design is about as old as me.
I’ve [...]
Jeffery~West have done it again.
I only went to their website to see whether there was anything left in the sale that was a) in my size and b) purple. (Sadly not, on both counts.) And then I thought I’d just have a little look to see whether there was anything new… which is when I [...]
A friend on Facebook alerted me to the fact that Converse currently have a Dr Seuss collection!
I’m terribly disappointed that the “One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish” designs are only available on kids’ shoes. I’d love a pair of these!
Every now and then I get an idea in my head about the sort of clothes I’d like to wear. First I look for existing sewing patterns, and then I think I might draft something for myself. And then I have another little look around the internet, and discover that somebody else has already done [...]
Posted in shopping on Jun 3rd, 2010
I wonder how many times I’m going to start a blog post with “my friend’s Patrick’s such a bad influence…”?
Yes, here I am again, showing you something that Patrick showed to me. I was musing about clothes for keeping cool in the summer, and he sent me the link to Social Suicide’s new “Holidaze” collection.
The [...]
Last week I was looking at these lovely yoga pants from Gossypium, and lamenting that I didn’t have £35 to spend on a pair of trousers just at the moment.
Today I was finally able to reach into my pattern stash at the back of the Shed (which still has a great deal of kitchen piled [...]
Sorry the weather’s so bad. I’ve never known a colder, wetter and windier May!
It’s all my fault though. Last week I bought sun cream, and a new pair of sandals.
Sorry about that.
So, the weather’s just starting to get to the point where it might be warm enough to take off my Doc Martens, and start looking for some pretty shoes for the summer. A colleague came into work today wearing a pair of these. I was very well behaved, and didn’t wrestle her to the ground [...]
Yesterday I went into London, to visit the Foale & Tuffin exhibition at the Fashion & Textile Museum with a friend. Afterwards I had a few hours to spare until I was due to meet another friend for tea, so I’d planned to spend the afternoon looking at the Relics of Old London exhibition at [...]