and faint in a puddle. Let me set the scene ( Read more... )

( Some whinging about the sheer and some musing about a hectic upcoming few months... )

These are some clothes from a great-grandparent who saved them from some predecessor. I apologise for the bad quality; mediochre camera + nighttime + low lighting = bad pictures. But I took a bunch and tried to get some little details - like the thread loops (for hooks) on the back of the collar, and what appears to be a little pocket inside the ( Read more... )

not that there's much to talk about. A bunch of little things, nothing special. But as this bloggy thing is more for marking progress than showing off, I guess I'll do it ( Read more... )

Used Simplicity 9769 for this - finished it in about 4 days(?) after getting and washing and drying the fabric, of course.  I rammed the machine needle into bones at least 3 times while sewing on the top binding. It went 'glunk!' and stopped. As soon as the binding was done I threw it out, heh ( Read more... )