Would you intervene if you thought that my obsession with all things orange was out of control? I’ve banged on before about my passion for pumpkin, my craze for carrot, my tangerine tomfoolery. It’s ongoing. Orange with everything! That’s me shamelessly using something botanical to legitimise my colour choice. Perhaps I need to add another reason to pick… Continue reading Operation Orange #VintagePledge
Browsing in the magazine aisle of my local superstore I saw someone that I recognised but couldn’t quite place. They were well out of context you see. You know the feeling. You’re at frozen foods before you realise that the person that you have just waved cheerily to was in fact the nurse who conducted… Continue reading New Look 6483 – I saw this and thought of you
Growing up, time spent with my grandparents, my Nanny*, my Great Aunt and her mother, my Nan, always meant games. Mostly these games required pen and paper, packs of cards or empty paper cake cases. However, if my Great Aunt was involved, the games would always be elaborate affairs. There were rules, explanations and very… Continue reading Pattern and Pieces
Tick, tock, another equinox and in the needlepoint of the native British hedgerow spring has started with the bright white stars of the blackthorn blossom. Misleadingly there’s still a fair nip in the air so I’ve been working on a long-sleeved thing. A long-sleeved, vintage thing. How much work in a long-sleeved shirt? A lot. A… Continue reading Advance American Pattern A106 #VintagePledge
These pants got me thinking about pride. Well, these pants and this set of morality plays. You see, when I tiddled about in the rockery in what I imagined was an era-appropriate pair of pigtails, I did not get a set of photos that made me feel proud of the pants that I had just… Continue reading Purple Ponte Pants of Pride #VintagePledge 2016
Raccoons, raccoons, raccoons. Raccoons everywhere! I love them. To my mind, they are slightly sassy lady raccoons. Out for a good time. In a forest of maracas. Have you ever sewn with fabric that has faces? Lots of faces? I don’t have a lot of experience in this particular field, there were the lilo ladies but they didn’t… Continue reading My jungle also has raccoons
Zebra Facts Weighing up to 350 kilos… Vogue 7433 in a dense polyester and elastane scuba-style knit. Zebra Habitat The vast plains and semi-arid grasslands of… While most at home foraging for information along vast rows of shelving or through the labyrinthine corridors of the Internet, in the winter this creature is a frequent visitor to… Continue reading Jungle January IV – my jungle has a zebra
Jungle bells, jungle bells, Jungle all the way. Oh what fun it is to sew for Jungle January. Four! Jungle January IV This year, my jungle will feature at least one zebra. Possibly in jacket form: How about you?
One of those idioms that I until I come to type it I don’t question. I’m now imagining the literal act of someone catching my eye. Under what circumstances has my eye become free of its socket? Am I grateful that someone has caught it? !Imagination! If you could just stop right there. Things… Continue reading Vintage Jacket – the collar that caught my eye
A three-hander. Sequel to My Jungle has Birds and Butterflies. Cast List Agent Velvet Black : Velvet has always been in the shadow of her brighter and more popular colleagues: Intense Violet, Bahama Blue-eyes and of course the fiery red-head – Burlesque. But not this time, this time Agent Black will truly make a difference. Pattern Patsy… Continue reading Midnight Jungle
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