I’ve been working on a new garment, which is getting so close to being complete! Can you guess what it is? As a result, progress at Tea at Yaz’s has been slow. I had some spare snake plant leaves, so I thought I’d make some smaller plants with them. The pots are assembled, but not…… Continue reading Project Roundup
Category: Sewing
Easter Experiments
Nearly there….. …and done! This is a tutorial from a magazine called Love Embroidery, and the tutorial was by Chloe Redfern. I love her little embroidered animals, so I wanted to get a feel for her style with this little decoration. It’s very good timing with Easter, too! I’m hoping to make some more autumnal…… Continue reading Easter Experiments
Little Sewing Projects
It’s been raining all day in my corner of the world, so what better to do than start a whole bunch of little sewing projects? First off, I use this bag for groceries, and the jute handles have worn away. You can see the plastic core to them quite clearly. I mended these handles with…… Continue reading Little Sewing Projects
Cosplay Update
Sarah’s Thirteenth Doctor cosplay has had an upgrade – this is what it looked like four years ago (!): And this is what it looks like today: The shoes I made a while ago, but this post’s focus is the pants! I made them from scraps of the fabric I used for my life-sized pair.…… Continue reading Cosplay Update
Project Roundup
I believe this is the first Project Roundup of this year, according to my records! These are always fun to write, even if they get fewer views. First off, I’ve cut out another dress! It’s a Daisy dress by Rosery Apparel, and I’m not poaching the sleeves off another garment this time – I’ll be…… Continue reading Project Roundup
Patchwork Chaos
Because it is still hot and humid where I live, I thought I’d make Tiffany something patchworked after many a hot afternoon spent watching Carly B on Youtube. She works quite a lot with patchwork using really colourful fabrics, so I raided my stash. These fabrics come from magazine freebies and offcuts from an old…… Continue reading Patchwork Chaos
Navy Double Gauze
I finished this dress a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve only just got around to photographing it. I used the same pattern as my library dress, but I brought the neckline in a bit, so now it’s more of a circular neckline. I also substituted the Rosery Apparel Daisy sleeves, like the library dress.…… Continue reading Navy Double Gauze
Pinafores for Adventure
I’ve been making a lot of dresses lately; pants are just too hot for subtropical humidity, I find. This one is Rosery Apparel’s Daisy dress, sans sleeves. I like it as a pinafore with a bit more structure than some of my other pinafores. I, of course, put contrasting pockets in. This view of the…… Continue reading Pinafores for Adventure
Camouflage
So, my goal with this latest dress is to blend into the shelves when browsing in a library. (It is also a wearable mockup of this pattern, but that’s an added bonus.) This pattern is the Cecily dress by Sewgirl patterns; it came with a sewing magazine I purchased a few years ago. The tie…… Continue reading Camouflage
Project Roundup
Older readers will perhaps remember this blue playsuit of Sarah’s; I love the lace along the hem of the shorts. Speaking of the hem, I took it up a little, as it looked a little funny being knee-length. They’re still a reasonable length, I think – just not veering in daggy directions. Another memory game…… Continue reading Project Roundup
My Life in Miniature 