There are no sewing mistakes - only opportunities for design features. Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Monday, October 10, 2016. Well, I finished! This is h.

The things I love to make and do. And Erin came up with the great idea of a Cat Lady Sewing Challenge. Now there is something I can get behind! But this is not that garment.

Crossing the Tasman with a needle and thread. Blog tour, 2015 style! This one was Leimomi.

Fabric hoarding, sewing, and bird watching kiwi style. Wow time really does fly when you have a baby in your mist. I can not believe it has been since early August when i last put up a post, ooops.

A picture paints a thousand words so they say. This is my bouquet of Belcarras made in June. I think this must have been the worst of the lot to make, but knowing the pattern made it a whole lot easier, but yes, I was swearing sometimes! Fine polyester something from Fabric-a-Brac, I think.

Working my way through the piles of fabric I have stashed around the house. Continuing my dress journey, when I bought the Short Sleeve Kimono. Pattern it came bundled with the Coffee Date Dress. Please excuse the wrinkly photo I dragged it out of the naughty pile.

Adventures in sewing, urban sustainable living and other old fashioned stuff. Camping in a home made Tipi. This post follows on from my previous post Tipi Sewing. We spent almost three weeks over the Xmas holiday period camping in our Tipi. So here are my thoughts should any of you ever make one. I had no idea how many peg loops to put in along the bottom and put one every 30cm or so.

This blog is to share creations I have made. I make all sorts of different things from baby wear to dance wear. Wednesday, 4 January 2017. Each year the students at the studio sit Royal Academy of Dance. I took a few photos although as it turns out my small camera was on its last legs so the photos are not great. The leotard from the front. Once again I used Jalie 2915.