A quilted jacket has been on my radar for a few years now, and it was finally time to commit to making one. Originally, I was planning on a patchwork jacket with quarter circles, but when I laid it out Read more
Making a Giant Toothless Dragon softie for my son with a pattern from Llaano on Etsy.
In part 1 of the Recycled Denim Jacket I outlined how I cut out a jacket from three pairs of my husbands jeans, using Kwik Sew 2895 pattern. In this second part I share how I constructed the jacket. Unfortunately, I Read more
For last year’s Royal Adelaide Show, I entered the dressmaking category “Garment or outfit featuring recycled material.” I’d been meaning to make use of the large bag of worn-out jeans for a while, so I decided to turn some into Read more
Lots of fiction in December while I went on holiday, with some based in Australia and around the fashion world. FICTION BOOKS Time After Time by Karly Lane Alice Croydon lives in country Australia and she has a dream to Read more
November was a month of fiction, with 3 of the 5 books enjoyed as Audiobooks, including two read by the talented Julia Whelan. Julia has read some 500 books so I’m going to enjoy listening to her in the future. Read more
Fiction books, an Actor diary and Starting Secondary are my reads for October. Bit of a mix, but that’s how I like it. FICTION BOOKS Yellowface by R.F. Kuang One of the talked-about books of 2023 that I enjoyed reading. Read more
I seem to be reading more and more fiction based in Australia, and I’m not sure why. When looking for books from the library they seem to come at the top of the list, so maybe the algorithm is favouring Read more
I have had a break from entering anything in the dressmaking section of the Royal Adelaide Show for a few years. The dreaded C word cancelled the show in 2020. Then in 2021 it was meant to go ahead but Read more
Lots of books started in August but not many finished. One of the downfalls of borrowing library ebooks is the 21 day borrowing time limit.