Archive for April 2008
Vintage Refashion #2
Posted by: mooimadeit on: April 29, 2008
Here’s a vintage dress I picked up at a sale at Circa on Gertrude Street, Fitzroy a few months ago, that I altered.
This used to have some little sleeves on it. They were cute but the cut was a little shapeless on me so I decided to update it by taking the sleeves off and [...]
Trousers #1
Posted by: mooimadeit on: April 28, 2008
Trousers #1 – Sailor Pants (Burda Style ‘Nichola’)
This is one of the many things I got up to this rainy Anzac Day long weekend.
I finished off my first pair of women’s trousers. I think they’re pretty damn nifty! Like, if I saw these in a store I would totally buy them
It is also [...]
First softies
Posted by: mooimadeit on: April 24, 2008
Our friends Tessa and Rich are due to have their first baby in a matter of weeks! So no better opportunity to venture into the world of SOFTIES. Soft toys that is. So when the Meet Me At Mikes blog had a ‘week of softies’ I made sure to download all the patterns and finally [...]
Designing a new vegie and native garden from scratch (part 1)
Posted by: mooimadeit on: April 24, 2008
GARDENING – HAVE A GO!
So this blog is going to be more about ‘having a go’ and my experiments as a novice seamstress and gardener. I’m by no means an expert in either of these new hobbies but I’m really just wanting to encourage people to have a try and enjoy learning along the way.
Sometimes [...]
Dress #2
Posted by: mooimadeit on: April 23, 2008
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Dress #2 – Blue & Green Vintage Refashion – Simplicity 3778
This is the second dress I made.
It was from an ‘easy-to-sew’ rated commercial pattern Simplicity 3778. The first dress I made at the Thread Den class was rated for ‘average’ skilled sewers and at the time I never would have thought I would have been [...]
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- A Sewing Room Of One's Own
- BWOF! Signing up to Burda World Of Fashion
- Setting up a native garden (part 1)
- Freshly shorn
- Ikea hack!
- Fabric shopping in Paris (Pt I)
- calling all westies! support letters needed for a maidstone community market garden
- Fabric shopping in Lisbon
- Designing a new vegie and native garden from scratch (part 1)
- Dress #1
- Rebecca: Hi That's a fantastic top. I was wondering if you knew where I could buy the pattern - I've been trying to find it everywhere in Melbourne with no
- Veronica Darling: You always have such interesting fabrics! YAY public holidays and sewing up a storm!
- EmilyKate: Aw man, that would kick ARSE, a westie CERES! I would email your councillor but for the fact I'm a) a south-eastie and b) not even a ratepayer south-
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