Author Archives: Pippa

Pippa’s Make Nine Update

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Now that I’m back from sailing the whole time I am thinking about what I want to sew, so I have had a look at my progress on my #makenine plans. So far I have managed to finish my blanket and my Sasha trousers (minus hemming them) and started on a nice floaty blouse for me. I am switching out… Read more »

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Summer of Basics – Jumper – Planning

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For my summer of basics, I have planned to knit a summer Jumper, based loosely on the one that I bought last year for Spikes Funeral because I didn’t own anything thing that was yellow enough for the day. I have worn this jumper loads since then as it is very easy to throw over anything that I am wearing… Read more »

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Pippa’s Summer of Basics Plan

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I have been planning to take part in the summer of basics this year and have planned some of my makes out and even started the knitting but have yet to write them up in any form, so here are my plans: The idea of the Summer of Basics is to create the garments that will fill some holes in… Read more »

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Monday Sevens #101

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Here is this weeks “Sunday” Sevens post, linking up to Natalie to give a snap shot view of how the last week has gone. So somehow May got away from us! I’m not entirely sure how that happened but we have been up to a lot during the past month so here is a much shorter round-up of what we… Read more »

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Me-Made-May 2018

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So I am planning on taking part in Me-Made-May again this year, I always have big plans for it but never seem to follow through for the whole month. Hopefully I can this year, my calendar is looking a bit less busy at the moment than normal. The aim of Me-Made-May is, well anything you want it to be. Me-Made-May’18… Read more »

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Monday Sevens #98

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Here is this weeks “Sunday” Sevens post, linking up to Natalie to give a snap shot view of how the last week has gone. This week has been an interesting one. With some good days and some definitely not so good days. Nikki started the week with me in Poole on her way back from Devon. Partly just so I… Read more »

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Monday Sevens #97

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Here is this weeks “Sunday” Sevens post, linking up to Natalie to give a snap shot view of how the last week has gone. Pippa checking in this week for Monday Sevens, on the gloriously rainy Monday morning… I’m sure it is doing someone somewhere’s garden some good but personally, I am utterly fed up with this damp spring weather…. Read more »

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Latin Dresses: Pippa – Part II

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In my last post on these dresses, I showed my dress without the crinoline and without any embellishment. The First thing that got added to the dress was some crinoline, thankfully this arrived during the day on the weds and I could add it to my skirt so that Cheyenne could get the full effect of what the skirt would… Read more »

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