...but a good view of my new gardening boots! $29.99 at KMart. Made for me or what? I will post a pic of the dress, honest!

I started knitting this in September last year, (thank you Ravelry for helping me keep track of when I start and finish things, so handy!) ...

Today I made another shirtwaister from the same pattern in the previous post . This fabric I bought at the fifties fair two, maybe more year...

When Moggy and I are buying fabric, more often than not the same fabric, we always discuss what sort of frock each piece should become. Mogg...

Doesn't this look like a mugshot? The harsh lighting, the slightly out of it expression...I wonder what Humphrey would be arrested for?...

... unless you count 'refreshed wish to sew from exposure to new places' that is. Here is a nice skirt, made from a thin fur from my...

Um, it's bad form to have the right side crossed over the left when wearing a kimono, but honest, we were only trying them on. We are su...

We finally found Okdaya fabric/craft store in Shinjuku, a fabric and craft store over 6 and 8 storeys in two buildings, which we must have w...

Have you seen this woman? Ah, Tomato in Fabric Street, Textile Town, Pinking Prefecture...

Tokyo has amazing craft and sewing stores. One of the first ones Moggy and I went to was Yuzawaya, in Kichijoji. Like everywhere in Japan, ...

We did Kyoto, oh yes we did. We may have bought several vintage kimonos from two fab flea markets. I'm not telling...yet. We even got...