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The Scarlet Fever Dress
One of my "outfit formulas" during winter is leggings, boots, jacket and dress. Going into last winter, I realised I didn't have that many dresses I liked that worked with boots, and so decided to make...
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The Violets Are Blue Set
If you are at all interested in bra-making, I expect you would have heard of the Maya bra by AFI Atelier. This is a FREE pattern (you heard me!) that is available to download, and includes pattern...
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The Drape of My Heart Top
This top is another attempt to bulk up my wardrobe of work appropriate tops. It is the "Long blouse" from the June issue of Burda, altered to remove the sleeves and shorten the length.I used a...
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The Tea Dance Dress
It's well and truly into the warmth of spring now here in Melbourne, and with that seems to come an abundance of picnics, weddings, hen's parties and other parties, many of which are held outdoors to...
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The Lady in Red Set
Another lingerie set this week, this time round the Scarlett bra and Ivy briefs by Ohhh Lulu. Perhaps unoriginal, making the Scarlett bra in scarlet? But as soon as this set was released I knew I...
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The Flower Power Blazer
I was visiting my mum a couple months ago when I first spotted this amazing floral fabric in Spotlight. As soon as I saw it I had the idea of making a jacket out of it, but I decided not to impulse...
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The Something Old, Something New Dress
Over the weekend a beautiful friend of mine married her wonderful man, and of course I had decided I needed a new dress to wear to the wedding! I had earmarked this pattern when I received the June...
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The Romancing the Stone Set
My Christmas tree is up, almost all my Christmas shopping is done, and I'm making plans for Christmas lunch. It is well and truly December, and I thought this festive green lingerie set would be...
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The Puttin' On The Glitz Skirt
If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen this creation already. This was my outfit for the Puttin' on the Glitz ball that was held a little while ago in the beautiful San Remo ballroom here in...
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The Roses Are Red Dress
A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! After a week off, I am back with an oldie but a goodie - this dress has been sitting in my "to blog" list for a while now! I made it a few years ago now,...
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The Sheer Genius Set
One of the great things about sewing lingerie is that it only uses small pieces of fabric, so it can be a great way of using up scraps (as long as the fabric is suitable for said lingerie!). When I...
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The Waste Not Skirt
Another scrap-busting project this week! After the success of my Roses Are Red Dress, I decided to make a Georgia skirt! This was mainly because I had a bit of the fabric left over, and figured it...
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The Never Weave Me Dress
I don't remember where or when I first came across the Cat's Cradle dress pattern by Decades of Style, but when I saw it I was immediately struck by the intricate neckline. I loved how unusual the...
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The Lavender and Lace Set
Would this even be my blog if there wasn't another Ohhh Lulu lingerie set every few weeks? :P I had had the Jasmine bra on my "to-make" list for a while, but was really spurred into action when Sarah...
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The No Time Like The Peasant Top
I've been trying to get as much summer sewing as I can in the last few weeks, as I have felt my summer wardrobe lacking in simple warm weather tops and dresses. This Loretta top from Seamwork was the...
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The Shining, Shimmering, Splendid Dress
Happy Valentine's day, everyone! Whether or not you choose to actively celebrate Valentine's Day (my partner and I don't), I think it is a nice reminder to appreciate those we love, and maybe do...
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The Snow White Set
If you follow me on Instagram, you'll have seen that I unofficially declared January my "lingerie sewing month", after completing 3 sets in 3 weeks. This was the first of those sets - an Orange...
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The Disappointing Dragonfly Top
I've still never had a major major sewing fail (knock on wood) but this is probably the closest. This top was never perfect, but now after washing it a few times it has unfortunately developed a hole...
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The Short and Sweet Dress
I posted recently about my goal to make three summer dresses before the end of summer. I managed to get two and a half done before the end of February, and this was the first. If you don't recognise...
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The Seafoam Set
This lingerie set was actually finished off a while ago, but I had not got around to blogging it. It is the Anna bralette and the Lola panties, both from Ohhh Lulu.The details:Pattern:Anna bralette and...
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The Speculative Shrug
The pattern for this shrug popped up in my blog reader a while ago, from Yoshimi the Flying Squirrel. I was on the hunt for Christmas gift ideas at the time, and it looked like something my mum would...
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The Pretty as a Peach Dress
Another Seamwork dress from me this week, which I made in February in an attempt to fill out my summer wardrobe. This time it is the Catarina, which I had originally dismissed when it came out but fell...
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The Team Spirit Set
This set was a somewhat spontaneous make after completing my Marlborough and Hipster Briefs set. I had quite a bit of the lace left over, and I had been meaning to give the Ohhh Lulu Romy bra a go, so...
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Travelling and making plans
Hello! I briefly mentioned that I was going overseas for March, and I'm finally back and settled into real life again. My trip covered England, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Russia, and mainly involved...
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The Star is Born Top
Despite my lack of blogging recently, I was lucky enough to be selected to be a guest blogger for the MaaiDesign fabric store blog! It is one of my favourite online fabric stores, so to say I am...
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