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BY HAND LONDON Silk Sari Victoria Blazer
The Sari Edition – By Hand London Victoria Blazer By Hand London have done it again, created a beautiful yet simple pattern which is taking the blogging world by storm! THE VICTORIA BLAZER. Plus they...
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Anna Rose – a dress from By Hand London. My first Anna…
“Hello Anna. I know we’ve only known each other for 48 hours but can we be BFFs?” My Anna ‘Rose’ dress from By Hand London. My new BFF. Hello Anna from By Hand London. Without a doubt this is my...
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Anna Blue – a By Hand London dress. My Second Anna
OK here we have the midi version of Anna – not spectacular in the way Anna Rose is – but a lovely dress (for those of you scared by maxis!) Anna Blue – a By Hand London dress. The midi version with the...
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Welcome to the jungle… my third By Hand London dress… she’s a very sexy girl…
Welcome to the Jungle… one of my all time fave songs (forgive me, it’s a generational thing that I just can’t shake). That song screams in my head when I look at this dress… Welcome to the jungle we...
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Crazy Barbie Doll Dress (Vogue 8280) & Abakhan fabric giveaway
The £15 Pound Aussie Returns Hi there! After the By Hand London Anna Trilogy weekend (Rose, Blue, Jungle) I dropped off the face of the earth! Thank you for the overwhelming positive feedback – you...
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When Chuck met Cambie… or I knitted a jumper…
Just a quick little post… I knitted a jumper! Chuck by Andi Satterlund – front view. Dear God – how tired are those eyes! This one took me waaaaayyyyy longer than it should of. Once you understand how...
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Abakhan Fabrics Crazy Barbie Doll Giveaway
So sorry – it’s been a while. My life is being eaten up with trips, work, kids (and I’ve started exercising again) – and I have had ZERO free time to sew. Not to mention write the post about the...
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SEW BOSSY! with Lovely Leila
Oh my goodness – I have disappeared from blogland lately. I am reading blogs - really I am – but finding it near impossible to get to a computer to comment on the many blogs that do not work on my...
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SHE PLAYS UP TO YOU… Clairy, a Frocktails Dress
Frocktails is nearly here. I’m off to Melbourne on Friday! I had planned to post this post-Frocktails but she’s busting outta the wardrobe… she’s as bad as Jungle Anna… perhaps worse…Meet Clairy… … She...
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Dandelion Top in Watercolour
Today we are on a Disparate Disciplines Dandelion blog hop! Dandelion seeds have been strewn all over the globe… 2 September: Rhonda of Rhonda’s Creative Life 3 September: Wanett of Sown Brooklyn 4...
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Summer Sunset – Megan Neilsen Cascade Skirt
I have always loved wrap skirts and dresses – and right now I’m crushing on this one. Love this skirt! Megan Neilsen’s Cascade Skirt (sheltering from a strong on-shore breeze!) This is Megan Neilsen’s...
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Taming the slippery fabric beast… or gelatin will change your life
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been experimenting… rather like this… Not sure which one is me… So what lead me to this? This… Sew Bossy package from Leila of Three Dresses Yup, that 100% silk...
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PURRFECT – Tania Culottes by Megan Nielsen
AKA the Cheetah/Cheater Shorts (the shorts you wear when you want to be wearing a skirt…) So if you were going to the zoo… and riding a bike… what would you choose to make? Tania Culottes – doing what...
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Sew Bossy… falling in love with (silk) Archer
Like everyone else, I’ve fallen in love with Archer by Grainline Studios. It was extremely windy – so this looks hard more fitted than it is! We took these photos on the way home from Dubbo Zoo (site...
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SewHolidayLizzy – Grainline Maritime Shorts (1 & 2)
Grainline Maritime Shorts in floral denim – Take 2 in size 6 I’ve never been a ‘shorts’ girl. However after the Archer blast I decided that I needed MOAR Grainline in my life so I purchased the...
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URBAN BUTTERFLY – Grainline Maritime Shorts (take 3!)
Grainline Maritime Shorts. We didn’t take this deliberately but it’s kind cute with the butterfly wings – now I wonder if there is angel halo graffiti anywhere…! Here we finally are in Grainline...
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Sinbad & Sailor O’Keeffe Skirt – A Sweet Folly
This is one of those makes could surprise you… Sinbad & Sailor O’Keeffe Skirt, front view. I’m standing in a typical coastal afternoon breeze, so it’s not sitting as hanging as straight as it would...
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I’M A MINERVA SHEILA…
I’m a Minerva Blogger! I’m in the gang along the likes of Winnie of Scruffy Badger, Clare of Sew Dixie Lou, Miss Dibs, Emmie of My Oh Sew Vintage Life, Handmade Jane, Seamstress Erin, Kathryn of Yes I...
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Running hot & cold… Burda 7401
aka The Jacket of Poo… not Burda 7401 – a modern-day trench (OMG I’ve got my sunnies off – note I do wear my sunnies whenever I am outside – it’s an Aussie beach girl thing. Oh, it’s not so bad… now...
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(more than just) a Late Lunch Tunic: Liesl + Co
As you know… I go to the beach… a lot… it’s what happens when one lives in a town that is littered with them. You just sort of dawdle along and splat… you find yourself on the beach again with sand...
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