Southampton University Ballroom and Latin Dance Society have a large number of dresses so that when it comes to the team match, where the dress code is unrestricted, all of the dancers can wear a ‘proper’ dress. Team photo from Southampton Friendly at the beginning of the University Year. All of the turquoise dresses are team dresses bar two. This… Read more »
I have started on a new quilt project that I think will be my favourite project yet. I have gained a lot of inspiration from other blogs that I have seen quilt projects on and I wish to follow some of this and combine other peoples projects to make myself an easy to do and fun quilt. I have decided… Read more »
After about 6months of trying I have finally finished my first ever quilt. Ok so that is a slight lie. This is the first one that I started, although I managed to finish a simple 4 square quilt for my grandad’s 90th birthday present. This is the first one I really class as a proper quilt. The top didn’t take… Read more »
Since I dance upwards of three times a week at the moment I decided it would be a good idea to invest in some new clothes to wear. I made myself a new skirt recently with some A-mazing polka dot fabric but I don’t have a large number of loose tops to wear in lessons. Raiding the stash of T-shirt… Read more »
Edit: Unfortunately all the images seem to have disappeared from this post. I will try to find them again if I can. Here is the tutorial on how to make a jewellery holder like the one I made last week and use to photograph my new items. I made this with an unused IKEA photo frame but you could use… Read more »
I have recently made some more jewellery which has yet to be uploaded to the store. I thought I would give you some sneak peeks of it. I have also created a new holder for my jewellery. What do you think? I will be posting a tutorial on this at some point soon. Shiny new pieces! Earrings from the lovely turquoise stones… Read more »
Part two of the Knitted Jumper Up-cycling. A very simple one today, A Cowl: From this: To this: This upcyling is a very simple one since the jumper that I bought had a cowl neck on it anyway. It is just a case of separating it from the body of the jumper and finishing the edges. Find where the cowl… Read more »
I have bought a large knitted jumper from a charity shop to cut into and make nice new autumn fashion with 😀 I am really looking forward to autumn as it gives me a chance to wear snuggly jumpers and boots again. Taking this jumper: I have made a Head Band, a Cowl and a set of Ankle warmers which also double… Read more »
