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Unpredictability and Fabric

The Force was with me this month and I’ve been really busy and pretty productive. However not particularly productive with crafty business, so I haven’t had much to say there. But not to worry,...

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Sew 2012 #016: The Small One Skirt

This skirt is lovely! It’s a Kwik Sew 3852, View B. It’s made from an old bedspread – One of Sweetheart’s! As we were culling our linen cupboard, this was a king-single bedspread he hadn’t used in...

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Lovely Cotton Stole – Crochet Gone Vintage!

I bought this cotton yarn over a year ago, when I was first exploring fabulous yarns. I bought it online just to see what it was like. Well I loved it. But Inspiration had not struck so I didn’t buy...

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Sew 2012 #023: Crash Velvet Portrait Blouse

I bought myself a gift a while ago, as you do, which was the most amazing Gertie’s New Book for Better Sewing. I love love love this book! The styles are beautiful and Gertie lays out the instructions...

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Completed: Woollen Croak Cloak

More opshop fabric goodness! I couldn’t believe my luck when I found this awesome wool and a whole lot more at one the opshops I frequent. It ended up being one of my biggest spends ever in a opshop. I...

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Mug Shots of Pencil Skirts #05: Cause for Trouble

I knew when I made this into a pencil skirt it would have to be named with a reference to hot librarian teachers who don’t take silliness from students.

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Mug Shots of Pencil Skirts #08: Nick Swing

Here’s one of my favourites! However I’m not sure if I’ll ever wear it… This one gets its name from the swingin sixties design of the fabric combined with the putrid smell of cigarette smoke...

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Mug Shots of Pencil Skirts #09: Perfect Sitting

One craft I remember my mother doing was reupholstering my desk chair in my bedroom. The original was a lovely cream textured cover but you could just imagine how long that would stay looking nice in a...

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Lovely Lamp for my Dresser

This lamp belonged to my great grandmother. Then it hung around in our house I grew up in. Then it came into my possession… Through all this I never remember this special class of kitsch ever having a...

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A beautiful old mystery machine…

On a recent trip to Canberra, I visited the tourist-y area Gold Creek with my family. We had a lovely day of wondering shops and afternoon tea. On our way back to the car, there’s always one last shop...

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Unpredictability and Fabric

The Force was with me this month and I’ve been really busy and pretty productive. However not particularly productive with crafty business, so I haven’t had much to say there. But not to worry,...

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Sew 2012 #023: Crash Velvet Portrait Blouse

I bought myself a gift a while ago, as you do, which was the most amazing Gertie’s New Book for Better Sewing. I love love love this book! The styles are beautiful and Gertie lays out the instructions...

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