So… we’re midway through August and I’ve only just got around to posting these babies! I apologise for the delay, mine and Martha’s schedules are fairly hectic! We were only able to shoot two outfits in the end due to time restrictions. Summer Essentials Item #2 comes courtesy of the super cute Port Elizabeth Top [...]
Entries Tagged as 'summer essentials sew along'
Holy moly!
July 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
Is that my dress on the front page of BurdaStyle? IT IS?? AWESOME. Needless to say, I’m super excited – this is the first time I’ve ever been featured on BurdaStyle’s front page! Despite the lack of posting of late, I’m still alive! My computer died (AGAIN) so it’s been a little difficult to get [...]
Summer Essentials Item No. 1 : FERTIG!
June 30th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
Hurrah! After much technical difficulties the photos are here! As I mentioned way back, my first Summer Essentials project was Simplicity 2591 in a velvet flocked fabric. Shortly after finishing this dress, myself and my lovely friends Martha and Cora went to Ogmore Castle to do a mini-photoshoot! It was such fun. Countless ANTM [...]
Tags: photo fun times with martha and cora·sewing·summer essentials sew along
Breaking the silence
June 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
My oh my, what a week it has been. I made a much anticipated return to the Sea of Swan this week, and it’s been fantastic. It made missing Germany so much easier! I won’t lie though, much drunken debauchery was involved, but so were many many pub lunches, living room dancing, the realisation that [...]
Tags: self-stitched-september·sewing·summer essentials sew along
Summer sewing projects
June 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I’ve been sewing properly for about a year now; this time last year I made the Marie skirt using a sewing machine properly for the first time after it had lain untouched for years. The reason I began sewing was because last Summer, like this Summer, I didn’t have a job, and needed something that [...]
