easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in shopping on Jan 23rd, 2012
Oh dear, I might have had a little shopping accident, during which I broke my resolution to Stop Buying More Things. I went into TK Maxx to look for some foam mats for blocking my knitting, but they didn’t have them. (Curse of TK Maxx – if you leave something behind, you’ll never see it [...]
Posted in inspiration, sewing, tops on May 19th, 2011
I’ve been looking for “interesting” shirt patterns, thinking that I could make lots of plain white shirts with fancy details, and then dress them up with jewellery or waistcoats or (cool) bow ties. The pictures above are about half-and-half patterns that I own already, and ones I’d like to buy. Except that I’ve bought dozens [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2009
Remember when I told you that McCalls 5433 was going to be my perfect summer wardrobe? Well, here’s my first summer shirt! The fabric is a lightweight quilting cotton – a vintage piece by Rose & Hubble. The print is called “Rosy Days”, and it looks a bit like an old-fashioned quilt. Inside the circles [...]
As well as taking over the world with tunics, I also want to make a couple of new additions to my summer wardrobe. This shirt is McCalls 5433, and it’s a Palmer Pletsch design. I was a bit startled to discover that the instructions ran to seven pages, and was worried that the shirt would [...]
I’ve been away from the blog recently on account of a Dreaded Lurgy, so I haven’t had a great deal to show you. Fortunately I have managed to drag myself out of my sick bed *cough* for long enough to make this: which is eventually going to be the front of a shirt, in organic [...]