Recently I have added a few of extra sewing / pattern cutting books to the collection, to wit: Donald McCunn How to make sewing patterns (f...

I'm off to Sydney this weekend to join Kitty for an excursion to the Sydney Vintage Show , so of course I had to make a new frock. This ...

This is an 'inspired by' frock. I saw a similar frock at H&M when I was in Los Angeles. (I won't link to the H&M websi...

I haven't been sewing lately, because I've been here: I bought a few pieces of fabric: one yard of 'midcentury modern' quilt...

I feel like I haven't sewn for yonks. Last weekend I had a cold so I did the old sitting about doing nothing thing. This week I had a sp...

So I have mostly finished the hoodie, except for the buttons and snaps: ...but I got a bit distracted this weekend when I decided the hoodie...

I haven't done any sewing, unless you count sewing up a certain knitted hoodie (which I haven't finished sewing up by the way. I bl...

I haven't done any sewing lately, because I have been knitting this: It's ChildHood , from Knitty. E's first birthday is in earl...

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...