I’ve been racking my brain trying to come up with ways to better organise and live with the itty bitty space which is my studio. At the moment it’s a complete disaster zone and I have to confess that it’s a complete write-off and I’ve been working from the kitchen as a result (+ because [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘sewing’
November 24, 2008
ruffles are the new black
Ruffles have been inner than in for a few seasons now and I have to say I quite like that and they’re no likely to go away any time soon. Although I do argue that ruffles can go horribly, horribly wrong, I love that they’re being applied to just about everything for a fresher, softer, [...]
October 9, 2008
I’ve been a busy bunny
But I’ve got a moment or two to update and show you lot what I’ve been making.
I know my partner has received this so I can post pics of my goofy son modeling the flying monkey inspired hoody I made her for the All Things Oz Swap over at Craftster.
I just used a basic hoody [...]
May 28, 2008
mindless busy work
Why wouldn’t a girl want to spend the entirety of a gorgeous, sunny Wednesday afternoon putting lightly gathered pin tucks into fiddly satin fabric while waiting anxiously for a prognostic phone call from a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon? Nevermind that I could have been out helping to paint a mural with a mum-to-be for the room [...]
May 26, 2008
a lowly lemon + a zipper foot + bloody brilliance
I’ve made a couple of fun discoveries over the last couple of days. One I’m completely sold on and the other…well…possibly not so much.
The first is this baby:
It’s a rolling invisible zipper foot by H.A. Kidd (or Unique depending on which area you’re in) and it’s my new BFF. Anyone who knows anything [...]
May 15, 2008
today I win at motherhood
So one of the wonderful things which happens when ones children near pubescence is that said children inevitably develop social lives independent from the play dates, sports & gatherings parents arrange for them and inevitably forget to include parents in the itinerary for such events and so get invited to birthday parties which they conveniently [...]
