No, not me, how could I possibly dress any better (quiet there in the back row!). I've been thinking about a bedroom makeover lately. No...

I went on an expedition to Darn Cheap Fabrics in Heidelburg with Livebird this morning. I breezily stated that I probably wouldn't buy...

Well, one top finished and one abandoned. I was making the top on the bottom right of this vintage vogue pattern (from the Moggy shop; ie: ...

It is almost a year since Kitty and I went to JAPAN! Since then, the Yen has jumped against the li'l aussie dollar (in fact every curren...

Moggy here. Since I do tend to use this blog as a bit of a 'what pattern did I use for that frock?' memory jog, I thought it might b...

We're playing around with the template of the blog, so you will have noticed a change around here. We finally made a picture header. A...

Today I made up for yesterday: First one was from the pattern I traced on Friday night (Butterick 8149) I only used the top, with ol' f...

I had every intention of sewing today. Last night I played trace 'ums at Livebird's house while eating chocolate and half-watching a...

I made this, the top from Vogue 2925 this afternoon, in about an hour, including tracing out the pattern. So quick and easy. The fabric ...

So despite the sizzling summer heat, after I went for a lovely swim at the swimming hole this morning (a harbour beach...yachts clinking, ma...

I have been wearing the black version of burda 7947 so much, I made another version this weekend, this time in houndstooth stretch cotton. ...

I got this seventies pattern (sans cover) at the Lost and Found market the other week. I wanted a fauxhalter (that is, looks like a halter ...