I've just come back from four weeks in the USA (California, Arizona, New Mexico) and did very minimal stuff shopping - even though I did...

I went to the Sydney Vintage Clothing, Jewellery and Textiles Show last weekend. I managed to go on the opening Friday night, which I have...

A pittance is all I have to show you after all this time. A couple of weeks ago I started to make vintage Simplicity 6672 (sometimes called...

Last week I did a practice pack for next week's trip and thought I had everything. But then I read the weather for Los Angeles and appar...

It occurred to me the other day that all those maxi dresses you see around - on sale of course! - would be the ideal candidate for refashion...

I am in the midst of knitting a baby blanket for a colleague: It's the 'Old Shale Baby Blanket'. It's an easy knit, but loo...

I'm having a housewarming luau in a few weeks, and not surprisingly I have a few tropical frocks to choose from. I think I have deci...

In honour of Australia Day (day off, woo!), I organised my stash. Organising in my world doesn't mean colour coding, categorising by ty...

I made another Vogue 3013 the other day, in some cherry blossom fabric I bought in Tokyo nearly 2 years ago. This pattern is like my fitti...

As promised, here is the dress I cut out yesterday along with the shruglero. I have named her Wrongrose in honour of Livebird's comment ...

I think this is a bolero, however the pattern ( McCalls 5006 ) says 'shrug' - so I shall compromise with Shruglero! I have a dress ...

A couple of simple cushions for the sofa, in green 'boomerang beat' fabric. No fancy piping or anything, too lazy and the fabric is ...