Crochet Statement Necklace
How to crochet a Statement Necklace from fabric scraps.
How to Make a Chalkboard on a Wall
This is an easy way to make a chalk board on your kitchen wall.
Kimono Top + FREE Sewing Pattern
Get the FREE sewing pattern for this easy kimono top
DIY Outdoor Seating
DIY Outdoor Seating There have been a good few variations of this DIY outdoor seating idea on Pinterest. The configuration of the concrete blocks for example, or a thicker mattress, or more cushions, different coloured fabrics and painted concrete blocks. All were...
Bamboo Handle Handbag
Find the FREE sewing pattern and tutorial for this easy to make bamboo handle handbag.
Kimono Jacket + FREE Sewing Pattern
Use this FREE sewing pattern and the tutorial to sew this easy Kimono jacket.
Choker Necklace
This post shows how to make a choker necklace from a piece of velvet ribbon.
Yoke Dress + FREE Pattern
Make this easy shift dress with a yoke neckline using the FREE sewing pattern from Greenie Dresses for Less.
Faux Fur Vest + FREE Pattern
How to make a faux fur vest.
DIY Pleather Tote Bag
FREE pattern and tutorial for a pleather tote bag.
Non Stretch Fabric Bandeau Top + FREE Sewing pattern
How to make a non stretch fabric bandeau top Summer. Festivals. Fun. Hot. Bandeau top. For the young and lithe - wear as is. For the less lithe, or more mature, probably better worn with a slouchy tank top. Or under a kimono jacket. This top is great for pool and...
Poncho + FREE Sewing Pattern
Poncho + FREE Sewing Pattern It's winter at the bottom of the world. And Cape Town is known as the Cape of Storms for a very good reason. The weather gets hectic - howling gales and driving rain. It's a wet cold. Yet few homes have central heating or double glazing....
Crochet Necklace
Crochet Necklace The point of this eco fashion blog is not to see me in a zillion poses in my clothes. Nope, it's to show how I up cycle, recycle, re-purpose, restyle - anything - to avoid the huge temptation to buy, buy buy. It's a battle not to want lovely new...
Monk Bag + FREE Sewing Pattern
Monk Bag + FREE Sewing Pattern I love, love light cloth bags as opposed to the heavy leather variety. I tend to carry "everything but the kitchen sink" in my bag. Therefore it needs to be as light as possible from the get go. My absolute favourite bag is - this one....
Camisole Sewing Tutorial
Camisole Sewing Tutorial I'm sure anyone who is on Pinterest with regard to DIY fashion or sewing has come across this gorgeous camisole top. It's not my idea. I would never have thought to take a semi circle, cut it half, sew it back together differently, and expect...
Electric Cable Choker Necklace
Electric Cable Choker Necklace This electric cable choker necklace took me 30 minutes to make. Super easy - as is everything on this blog. I've had this piece of Amazonite for a while and been wanting to do something fun with it. We had a piece of black electric cord...
Spiral Sundress Sewing Pattern
Anthony Kwok spiral sundress I've been wanting to make this dress forever! My mother is great at bagging bargains and books at charity sales. She found the book Creative Dressing by Kaori O'Connor and gave it to me years ago. Creative Dressing has a mix of sewing and...
Easy Pouch for Rain Poncho
This pouch was made to store the rain poncho I made last week. See that tutorial and FREE sewing pattern for the rain poncho - on this link. Leopard print nylon pouch And here are two more tutorials for pouches or cloth toiletry bags - drawstring toiletry bag - and...
Poncho + FREE Pattern
FREE sewing pattern and tutorial to make a poncho for flash downpours and festivals.
DIY Running Armband
Arm pocket tutorial I had one of these arm pockets and sometime during the building going on in our house, I packed it away in a safe place. So safe, I cannot find it anymore. It's such a handy thing as I put my house keys in the pocket, slide it onto my arm and go...
Easy Shift Dress + FREE Sewing Pattern
FREE shift dress sewing pattern + tutorial This dress is - hands down - the number one visited post on my blog. I get more letters about this dress than any of the others. What pleases me most is hearing that people are happy with their...
Rope and Toggle Bracelet
Up-cycled rope bracelet Bit of a theme going on in this blog. Recycling one thing into another rather than toss in the bin. I up-cycled the cord tie from a parka into a bracelet. So I was about to tie the cord from my parka and whoops, it came loose. I wasn't about to...
Easy Summer Dress + FREE Sewing Pattern
Summer dress tutorial This dress came out particularly well. Amazing how a different fabric can completely change the look of a dress? See the exact same dress pattern in black cotton - on this link. Summer sundress My photos aren't all that. I'm still using an...
Sixty Second Scarf Bag
Make a bag in a minute Got a scarf? Plus two hoops? And one minute? Then you have what it takes to make this bag. And here's the best bit. When you're done for the day, you can change the scarf to make another bag with your same hoops. One minute scarf bag I saw...
Summer Longsleeve Kimono Jacket + FREE Sewing Pattern
FREE Kimono sewing pattern This is my third version of the same kimono jacket. It doesn't look as good in the pic as it does when I wear it. Might be because my model has a completely different body to mine. You can see the first one my mother made - here. I made a...
Easy Scarf
How to make a statement scarf This week is another super fast DIY. Can you tell that I have had another hectic week? I'm trying to squeeze in too much. Xhosa lessons, jewellery lessons, my job, training for a race and trying to facilitate a potentially amazing...
Restyle a Shopper Bag
Kale shopper bag You may have seen me restyle a shopper bag in - this post. Not meaning to be ungrateful for freebie cloth shopper bags but they are usually emblazoned with the generous companies logo and or product. I prefer to be a little low key on that score. Kale...
Scandinavian Heart Decoration Tutorial
Not sure why, but I love, love, love Nordic decor. I come from the southernmost tip of Africa. It's a hot spot. Our temperatures can get above 40'C. South Africa the polar opposite to Scandinavia. Heart decoration The Scandinavians make hearts from fabric to decorate...
Easy Shrug + FREE Sewing Pattern
How to sew a shrug Shrug I have a big fat list going on in my head of things I want to make. As I've said before, there are things I am never going to make. Shoes and hats. Nada. But some things are so super easy that I can't NOT make them. Shrugs are bang on trend....
DIY Bright Coloured Fabric Bag
Fabric Bag FREE sewing pattern and tutorial This bag does heavy rotation in my life. I've got at least a dozen of them. They are large and roomy so I can pack them full. But they are light so you are not carrying the weight of the bag as well as the contents. And it's...