by Greenie | Jul 23, 2015 | Dresses for less, Tops |
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...
by Greenie | Jul 16, 2015 | Dresses for less, Jackets |
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...
by Greenie | Jul 9, 2015 | Dresses for less, Jewellery
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...
by Greenie | Jul 2, 2015 | Bags, Dresses for less |
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...
by Greenie | Jun 25, 2015 | Dresses for less, Tops |
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,...
by Greenie | Jun 20, 2015 | Dresses for less, Jewellery |
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...
by Greenie | Jun 11, 2015 | Dresses, Dresses for less |
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...
by Greenie | Jun 4, 2015 | Dresses for less, Jackets |
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...
by Greenie | May 28, 2015 | Dresses for less, Jackets |
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...
by Greenie | May 21, 2015 | Dresses for less, Other |
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...
