How to make a DIY Shrug Anyone who lands on my blog will quickly find out that it’s a DIY fashion blog. This is a DIY shrug. I’ve made this before in a softer shiny green fabric. For full instructions and the tutorial click – here. Am loving these...
Kimono Jacket + FREE Sewing Pattern How many kimono jackets can a woman have? In my case as many as I can make. This gorgeous cream fabric was a set of curtains in a previous incarnation. I cannot believe how much I’ve been able to make from that fabric....
This super easy to make faux fur vest can be made as I did here – a pull-over – or you can cut the front open and wear it like a waist coat. It needs no more than two shoulder and two side seams. I made a pattern to fit myself, I’m a UK dress size...
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...
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...
Poncho + FREE Pattern Festival season is upon us. Yay! A super handy item to pack is a rain poncho. I have an ASOS version (you can see it in the photo where I cut the cape) but I wanted a second one. Why? Well, so I can have a change. I also made a pouch for it so I...
