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Emergency sewing ... 4 Jun 2013 | 05:28 pm
Despite eating constantly, consuming large quantities of wine and not going to the gym for six weeks, I am still too skinny for the few clothes I have with me. With the weather cooling and no immediat...
I'm still alive ... 15 May 2013 | 10:38 am
Just when you thought I'd disappeared off the face of the earth ... I'm back with an emergency version of Vogue 1020 which is probably long OOP. I've come home with very little clothing, most of whi...
Potential SWAP addition 3 Mar 2013 | 04:25 pm
I've been a bit stuck with what to sew next as I can't find the fabric I want. I saw it when I didn't want it and now I can't find it but then with only ONE fabric store in Tasmania, what else can I ...
Escape is at hand for the travelling man ... 23 Feb 2013 | 04:32 pm
I've been listening to a lot of the Tragically Hip this week and it's flavoured my mood tonight. Two weeks ago when I started these jeans I had a plan, not just for my pants, but for my life. My wor...
Sewing and packing ... 10 Feb 2013 | 11:11 am
Now that I my tenure in Tasmania can be counted in weeks, this long weekend (Hobart gets two more public holidays to NSW) is divided between sewing and packing. I took a couple of hours out this morn...
SWAP is finally started ... 5 Feb 2013 | 04:26 pm
It seems that no post of mine is complete without a rant about Spotlight. When I first started planning my SWAP I wanted to use chocolate brown sateen as my base. I visited Spotlight in Hobart and t...
So, this is what 50 feels like ... 28 Jan 2013 | 06:33 am
I had two glasses of wine last night and that's it! I stupidly didn't take any photos, but I ended up wearing Dress Plan C which was one I made last year and have never worn. I've forgotten the patte...
Gifting, stashbusting and bloke sewing ... 20 Jan 2013 | 03:55 pm
I've managed all three of these in one garment. I had this scant 1 metre of cotton check fabric that's been in my stash for about 15 years. I bought it for $3 at a sale of remnants and bolt ends fro...
I may be getting obsessed ... 17 Jan 2013 | 03:43 pm
So far today I have squeezed a long sleeve t-shirt and three pairs of undies out of scraps. The tshirt is my TNT KS3338 and the knickers are from the a free tanga panties pattern I downloaded from Bu...
Serious stashbusting ... 16 Jan 2013 | 04:50 pm
You can see by the button to the right that I have decided to join the Stashbusting Sewalong. This fits with what I've been doing for a while, although with no real plan. This sewalong has a theme e...
