Oh La La – hello Charlotte Skirt By Hand London
Simple is sometimes more sexy than complicated. Hello gorgeous pencil skirt simplicity in the form of Charlotte, from By Hand London. Charlotte By Hand London Pattern Envelope I think stitchers can be...
View ArticleThe Little Red Dress (McCalls 6433) & the Pick My Pattern idea…
I enjoyed this project so much I’m feeling inspired to run a little sewalong/blog swopfest called “Pick My Pattern.” What you talkin’ about Lizzy? Well, here’s the story, Anne from Pretty Grievances...
View ArticleMy Shirtdress… and the 15 Pound Aussie Project…
I’m no supermodel but I can sew! Vogue 8028 mash-up – and the Shabby Apple inspiration dress The hemline doesn’t look even but it is – it was just BLOWING A GALE! More on that later… I fell madly in...
View ArticleFocus Lizzy… Focus!
I tend to talk and write a lot. What can I say I talk, I type and words just come out! So I’m attempting to rattle on less tonight, it’s getting late and I need to sleep otherwise I end up...
View ArticleHONEY, I SHRANK THE SHIRTDRESS…
Am I suffering from maker’ s bias (unintentional pun!) or is this totally twee AND squee at the same time? This is the Oliver + S Jump Rope Dress. Oliver + S Jump Rope Dress I made this for Aislinn, my...
View ArticleSewUndecidedLizzy… the Tessuti challenge
I really need to get started on my Tessuti fabric challenge. I’m ‘almost’ settled on this fabric becoming a jacket – and I will make a skirt to pair with it. I can’t imagine wearing this as a suit –...
View ArticleSewTiredLizzy… but on the Tessuti train!
Yes, this is all I have to show you today! My scrap pile! I’m staggered towards the end of my Tessuti project. There was much umming and ahhing along the way but all shall be revealed soon. Thank you...
View ArticleBlog Lovin’
<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3680110/?claim=vyr8dxech26″>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> I did this a couple of months ago… but just in case you missed it…
View ArticleALL AT SEA WITH TESSUTI & SCRUFFY BADGER…
Hello it’s me – world’s most boring sewing blogger (at least at the moment, Tessuti Gridlock has me in a headlock). I am STILL working on the never-ending project. I WILL (must) finish soon (I pray). I...
View ArticleTessuti Gridlock Pop – mission complete
This project has been an endurance sport. I feel like that little athlete from an unknown country who staggers into the Olympic stadium about 3 hours after the winner of the marathon has crossed the...
View ArticleMOMENTARY LOSS OF MOJO
Thank goodness I am on holidays for a month at the end of this week, I am dead on my feet from exhaustion! I have been super busy making/knitting things but need to take some pictures and finish some...
View ArticleRETURN OF MOJO & 15 POUND AUSSIE
Firstly thank you so very much for all your lovely comments on my last post. It was surprisingly cathartic to write and I really appreciate your comments. I never expected to win, I suspect my...
View ArticleHome & blogging again!
An evening in Paris… Just a quick post to let you know I’m back and will be blogging again soon. I am slightly jet-lagged after the epic 30+ hour journey home. I did consider blogging while I was away....
View ArticleBRIXTON ELISALOTTE (with bonus jet lag)
I promise I will blog about my travels – however today I was a little excited to finish my ‘nearly’ Elisalex… she’s a fickle lass. She woke up on Saturday and announced that she was going to be...
View ArticleTripped up by the trip – the first 7 days…
One thing I often get asked is: ‘how do you find time to do everything?’. Right now I’m wondering that myself. Settling back into ‘life’ has been more challenging than I thought. My travelling life for...
View ArticleIT’S ALL ABOUT THE FABRIC
Sorry, it’s been awhile! Life has been BUSY. I have been swamped by domesticity but am slowing emerging. I found myself cooking dinner, putting on laundry, running a bath, cutting out fabric and...
View ArticleI CAN’T SIT STILL…
INTERNATIONAL IDLEWOOD I’m terrible at sitting still… outstandingly so. So what to do while on holidays? Clearly packing my sewing machine to go overseas was not an option (remember all that fabric?),...
View ArticleIT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
Of all the things I enjoyed most about my trip was the people. I’ve travelled a bit, taken photographs, done tours, seen amazing things, hell I’ve even done an epic abseil and black water rafting in...
View ArticleSoSleepyLizzy – Sewaholic Tofino Pants
Oh look SewBusyLizzy – she’s awake! Agreed. I’m a notoriously busy person. If I’m awake I’m working, exercising, reading, writing, knitting, driving ‘mum’s taxi’, cleaning (not so much…), cooking,...
View ArticleSEWING SURPRISES SWOP (and maybe a new Cambie…)
I’ve been amazed at how frantic life has been since my return from holidays. I should have posted this when I got home – however it was so sweet and lovely I wanted to take lovely pictures… thank you...
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