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Cosmos Sweater

https://flic.kr/p/2pX2HrU Sometimes my sewing moves at the glacial pace of bureaucracy, and the proof is here in the Cosmos Sweater from Sew House Seven. On 18th May 2021 I toiled this pattern and then emailed Peggy from Sew House 7 for some fit advice- she responded quickly and then I… did nothing for almost-3-years-to-the-day when…… Continue reading Cosmos Sweater

Good Tiemes Tee

I had seen it pop up on Instagram and I had to try it, the Good Tiemes Tee from Forest & Thread. I’m wearing it here with my Ecovero Whitlam Skirt! https://flic.kr/p/2pxXdUM I nabbed this khaki marle viscose knit from Backstreet Bargains and it’s not really stretchy enough for any of our M&B knit top…… Continue reading Good Tiemes Tee

Maroon Alistra

The Alistra Dress was envisaged as combining the great fit of our knit Whitlam Skirt and our knit Tarlee T-shirt, but it’s not a dupe of either patterns. All of them have curved centre-back seams which either encourage booty hugging, or eliminate the pooling in the small of the back, wrap around the very typical…… Continue reading Maroon Alistra

Hot pink Willandra

I’ve whipped up a new pair of M&B Willandra Pants in Fine Cloth Company hot pink tencel because I fell in love with the pattern all over again when I took some photos in my ancient plum Willandra earlier in the month. https://flic.kr/p/2ptAksv https://flic.kr/p/2ptAksR I’m wearing them above with pink lemonade linen which I made…… Continue reading Hot pink Willandra

Ancient Willandra Pants

I pulled out these ancient plum Willandra Pants during a wardrobe clean this month and remembered how much I enjoy these fancy pants. https://flic.kr/p/2ps5gcE These plum Willandra were made before I had a rotary cutter and an overlocker, so the insides are zig-zag finished and I did a bias bound edge on the pocket bags.…… Continue reading Ancient Willandra Pants

Plums and cream

This is another outfit blast-from-the-past with two makes from times-gone-past paired together for the first time. This natural fibre blend creamy gingham Torrens Box Top never got the wore it deserved and these plum Willandra Pants have recently been rediscovered- I keep forgetting how great those drapey legs look. https://flic.kr/p/2prYQeC This is also the first…… Continue reading Plums and cream

Black Sculthorpe

It’s a bit of a blast-from-the-past to be only just now adding these Sculthorpe Pants from 2019 or 2020 to the blog, but I really do feel that they deserve their own space and explanation: these are my favourite pants that I hate. https://flic.kr/p/2ps6EsN This black canvas has worn in and washed up a treat…… Continue reading Black Sculthorpe

Whitlam Skirt trio

This is a little ode to the Muna and Broad Whitlam Skirt- a pattern I didn’t know I needed, and that I would not have predicted would become my go-to ‘make me feel good’ garment! https://flic.kr/p/2ogZkqv https://flic.kr/p/2ogWE3c Above is one of my original Whitlams, made in squiggle-printed ecovero jersey from Spotlight (no longer available). The grey…… Continue reading Whitlam Skirt trio