Nikki and I have taken on the a challenge to create an outfit for a friend of ours for an Indian wedding she is attending in March. For this we have had to delve into a whole world of clothing that we have never really had anything to do with before. I remember being dressed in a Saree once before… Read more »
Last year I wrote up some Autumn Winter Sewing Plans which I cant say that I got very far with! I did finish the neck line on my Aberdeen sweater but haven’t changed the cuffs yet. I now own the grey ponte for the Zephyr dress after winning £20 gift card from Tia Knight Jeans are still on my list!… Read more »
2016 is over now and its time to look back on the year and forward to the next one. I haven’t found 2016 too bad on a personal level but as a year globally, what a year! But one good thing that a friend posted on FB is that we had no forces personnel deaths on operations, the first year… Read more »
My apologies for how long it has taken for me to get these photos up but Christmas/New Year is a time that I don’t really spend that much time on technology. Lots of knitting and cooking etc. Here are the two #StitchingSanta presents that I received. First is my Knitting one from Hila at Saturdaynightstitch this lovely West Yorkshire Spinners… Read more »
So you may have seen a few things that we have posted in various Sunday Seven posts showing some of our makes for Christmas presents. There has been quite a bit going on in the background so I thought that I would recap a few of the things that can be shown on here :p Knitting Project bags: I created… Read more »
Last year I made myself a ball dress for Bath Ball, this year I decided to make myself a top which went over this dress to make it another outfit. Initially I made a top out of a burda style magazine but it really didn’t fit and I don’t have any photos of it. My mother came to my rescue… Read more »
The other day when writing the post for Sunday Sevens I realised that there are many of our dance dresses that we have not blogged about. I thought I should try to change some of this (and I should do this for clothing too but baby steps!) I looked back through my phone photo back up (you have to love… Read more »
Every season I keep planning my new seasons sewing. I don’t often get round to sewing what I have dreamed about sewing, but this year I have been trying to stream line my wardrobe and make it more inline with a “capsule wardrobe”. I will never get to throwing everything out and just having 36 items of clothing or how… Read more »
So I had thought the deadline for 2016’s outfit along was today and I am still working on the second front for my cardigan. Despite working on the cardigan in many odd places I just didn’t have enough days this month where knitting was possible. It turns out I have an extra month to finish the cardigan. Woop. Lots of… Read more »
Finally! I have made myself a pair of trousers. This makes me insanely happy 🙂 The Outfit Along 2016 has finally kicked my arse enough to get round to making myself a pair of trousers. During my less than successful attempt at Me Made May made me realise that this is a section of my wardrobe that I need to… Read more »
