Oh so pensive. In a dress that fails because it’s unlined, exposes too much middle aged back and is too narrow at the hem to allow me to vault anything other than the squattest of walls. One never knows when the need to vault might arise. As the material might just be my most favourite… Continue reading Make or Mend Monday – Summer Blooms
Well it is very late into Me Made May 13. A much-loved but elderly hat . My MMMay13 Makeover Pledge. A needle, some thread, me reading specs and the late-night-light of an angle poise lamp. Et voilà! There are a few more sun-drenched afternoons in the old girl after all. She might be slightly… Continue reading clutching at straws
Episode IV There is NO Hope A long time ago in a haberdashery far, far away…. It is a period of No Hope. Renegade garments, striking from a hidden drawer, have won their first victory against the whimpering seamstress. Yes, yes, you’re right. It’s a bit of an obvious frame for this, the Fourth chapter,… Continue reading A long time ago in a haberdashery far, far away….
I am an emotional worker of wovens. I will not use the word sewer, the fact that it is a homograph for sewer makes me want to leap into the main drain with the effluent. Needlewoman I could do but I’m not sure that drawing attention to my gender is necessary. Anyway, fickle and flightly… Continue reading I don’t mind nerd but I do mind dork or MMMay13 Makeover Magic – Chapter Two
Trousers of Denim Diagnosis She be perfick Fit issues Style issues Un-recoverable Treatment An hour with the beauty therapist Day patient treatment Day surgery Radical surgery Outcome Perfect for radio Reality TV beckons Soap Stardom Film Stardom Obligatory Sewing Error – zip length miscalculation, zip underlap mess. Sewing Insight? You need a lot of height at the… Continue reading MMMay13 Makeover Magic – Chapter One
There are many, many wonderful things about having children. Today for example, we have this weather: So we have school closures and the perfect excuse to hurtle down slopes on brightly coloured bits of plastic. However, what no-one tells you at ante-natal class is how breathtakingly blunt children can be. My eldest has become adept… Continue reading Warning! For Internal Use Only.
I have to admit a touch of crafter’s block of late. Dunno if it’s the weather (dull, damp and very, very grey in my part of the UK today) or the time of year (at the tricky mid-point of Semester 1). It’s not as though I have been sitting on my bottom getting ‘iPlayer eye’,… Continue reading Carry On Crafting?
First up a dress that was trying too hard became a skirt that has seen a lot of library action. It even engendered one of my all time favourite unsolicited compliments: “Boden?” I’d re-visit the dress – Simplicity 2404 – as it’s a great pattern and I’ve done the hard work of choosing which boob and… Continue reading Dashing through some re-fashions
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