Greetings friends! With things veering, once again, a tad more towards the terrible out there, I hope you and yours are all keeping well and are healthy. I’ve not been feeling great but been distracting myself by making garden seed inventories and planning this year’s […]
Tag: Dresses
2021: Sewing, Quilting and Gardens and Greens
December greetings everyone! I hope you had a couple of cosy and restful days and that those who celebrate Christmas had a lovely, warm and delicious holiday. For my part December has just been speeding by; as always I mean to get my year round […]
A Pine Green Isca
Hello and good day! Autumn finally seems to have kicked things off properly in these parts since we last spoke and I am enjoying getting out in the woods as much as possible and drinking in the changing colours and trying to see how many […]
Heather Shirtdress
October greetings friends! October, how on earth did that happen? When we were halfway through September I said to my partner how is it that my favourite months in the year always speed by as if they are chased by a pack of angry foxes. […]
Green Summer Shirtdress
On this sunlit warm September day I thought I would come and tell you about what’s possibly my favourite summer dress… ever. I’ve had this exact dress in my head since at least last summer, and I stitched it up just now right at the […]
Hummingbird Shirtdress
I’ve got one of my summer makes to show you today! I have talked before about my struggles with “hot weather”-makes. Those struggles particularly translate in motivational issues as I don’t get as excited about the planning and making process as I get with most […]
Linen Hinterland, or the dress that was and then wasn’t naturally dyed
Hello makers, how is April treating you all? After a week of 20 degrees warm spring weather, we are now being peppered with hail, gales and snow at every turn. Ah, the life of an April dweller. Spare a thought for my poor blossoming apple […]
2020: Sewing, Balcony Garden and Outside Explorations
December greetings friends! I hope those of you who celebrate Christmas had a warm, meaningful, merry and safe holiday celebration and for the rest of you I hope you’ve had a few restful loving days. Ordinarily I would have taken the train and travelled south […]
Ogden Tier Dress Hack
Allow me to parade for you in this high level of swooshy-ness with a twirl enticing dress! I made this Ogden hack early in the summer. I briefly aimed to post about it in August, as True Bias declared it Ogden month so I thought […]
Dinosaurus Drex
Hey all, got a fun make to show you today. It’s denim, it has mega-deep pockets, and it’s got a dangerous bite – Intrigued? Read on. The pattern is Marilla Walker’s Isca dress. A pattern I was smitten with instantly when it was released and […]