Are you a wide-leg trouser fan, or are narrow legs more your thing? I’ve always felt more comfortable in straight or narrow legs, and have never really been a wide-leg-trouser person. I tried some on once (actually they were pyjamas!) and they looked alright, but I’ve never owned a pair as they always seemed so […]
Read MoreWhen I was writing the post on my new Elna, I searched ‘Elna-Discs’ to try and discover the names of all those fancy stitches. Instead I came across this lovely image on another blog – which summed up exactly how I felt the day I bought my machine home! image sourced here – do visit and […]
Read MoreI finished this little button-back shell this week: You might recognise the orange spot fabric from this post! It’s in that “new” shade of “Tangerine Tango” that according to Pantone is going to be in fashion next year…but quite frankly I thought it was in fashion last year. Well all the chain stores were full of it […]
Read MoreI bought this top just for the fabric! I’ve been looking for some Breton stripe in red or blue for ages without success, so I snapped this top up for $6 when I saw it at the Red Cross Shop in Sandringham Village, with a view to reworking it at some stage. That was three […]
Read MoreI’m sewing with this charming spot fabric in the fabulous shade of, ahem, Tangerine Tango this week. It is a printed cotton voile from Global Fabrics*, and I thought it was an ideal opportunity to demonstrate another thingamajig. I have levelled the horizontal grain across the piece by cutting along a weft thread, and because […]
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