Here’s the happy result of a quick and simple hack that I’ve been meaning to try out for a while. We released our Hilary Top pattern almost a year ago. I have a linen one, made up exactly as per…
My Sicilian mother’s family are all big believers in malocchio – the evil eye. Growing up, I’d sometimes see Mum/aunt/cousin/random relative suddenly struck down with a bad-eye symptom that generally manifested as a really, really bad headache. What then followed…
Here’s some looooong overdue kids sewing. They both chose fabrics during the Christmas holidays and, well, being summer AND holidays I took my fair time in sewing them up. Fortunately, they got in some good wear before things got chilly…
Those Melbournians amongst us will know what I’m talking about when I tell you that our summer recently went AWOL. It was a little bit of a lonely and chilly time for us sun-loving folk but – HAPPY DAYS – she’s making up…
Pinterest really is the coolest. This linen dress started life in my head as a completely different style from a completely different pattern and after seeking some pinspiration, this happened. My starting point was the fabric – The Line In…
Here’s my latest Tokyo Jacket. This one’s a more summer-ier (word? should be), casual alternative to my first silk version. And the colour is there in spades – most unlike me and my usual black-clad self, I know….
Here’s a quick and easy project that Judith whipped up in our wool/alpaca coating Cascading Lights. It’s a simple layering piece made up with two squares that she ever so slightly rounded at the shoulders. And to keep those…
As promised, here’s my second version of Merchant & Mills’ Top No. 64. This time, I modified the pattern to create a drop-waist dress. The fabric is divine – a super-fine Italian cord, 100% cotton and the very definition of…
I first came to know Rachael as a Melbourne customer and then, small world that it is, turns out we live in the same ‘hood and our kids go to the same school. She popped in a few weeks ago…
Around three birthdays ago, I was fortuitously gifted a bag that ticked all my bag-needing boxes. It was simple in design, there was no visible branding, it went with just about everything I wore, it had the perfect amount of…
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