Good Girl

Something I've been thinking about doing for a while now - turning my drawings into something wearable. I was bought fabric pens for my birthday but actually decided to use sharpies instead because I have a wider range of colours so I'm hoping they'll be pretty permanent although I wouldn't mind a bit of fading to soften it slightly. I'm teeming with ideas for other ones, I want to do a rosette one like in the drawing at the top and a tartan one - turn all my drawings into t-shirts! If anyone has any advice on how to fix this better (I ironed it) or to make the line smoother etc I'd love to hear!

Leather Badges

I've been really enjoying making these leather badges recently, so great to be able to make something relatively quickly and then to wear it! A really satisfying thing. X

Leather Thing

I made a new thing, I love textures!! X

Leather Rosette on 1930s dress

I got some offcuts of leather and the first thing I've made from them is another rosette! Got lots of ideas of things to make with my stash so watch this space! 

In other news I finished my first ever zine last weekend, check out a peek of it here: http://homedreamsdreaming.tumblr.com/

I'm getting 20 copies printed at a local place so if you'd like a free copy let me know and I'll send you one! X

Outfit: Sun Trap

 

So wonderful to be able to be in the garden all day at the weekends! I like to just sit outside and drink coffee and play with the cat and sometimes do some drawing, so relaxing ahh...

 I made this top a couple of weeks ago out of an old skirt that was unwearable because it had some stains that wouldn't come out. I'll do another post on how I made it, but I'm basically a pretty relaxed seamstress and just made it up as I went along! I might sew some flowers on it sometime to jazz it up a bit! Hope you're all having good weekends! X

Twists and a Rosette

Some photos of a twisty hairdo and a rosette I made a few weeks ago one evening very quickly out of scraps of fabric, floristry ribbon and a dried flower. For some reason I sewed a safety pin on to it but have never worn it, so decided to and I really like the idea of making these now... This object won't last a long time wearing, eventually it'll fall apart because it wasn't really constructed with wearing in mind, but I like that. I'll make them with seasonal flowers and scraps of textures I'm feeling inspired by at the moment and when they fall apart I'll make new ones depending on how I'm feeling and what I like at the time. I'm interested in combining the things I make with what I wear on a daily basis so here's to exploring that a lot more! X

Get Away Cat

I love my cat but mainly he just wants to wriggle away from me to freedom! *sigh*

2nd Look Vintage Patterns

Just found this amazing etsy site called 2nd Look Vintage which you can download PDF patterns from. I've been hankering for an off-the-shoulder top for a long time and found some wonderful patterns for download here from Lauren's personal collection. Here are some of my favourite designs:

Pattern here

Pattern here

Pattern here

And some fun ones:

Thanks Lauren for sharing your wonderful collection with us all! Now just to decide which pattern to choose! X

My heart's in the post

Because I have no money and I enjoy doing it I mainly make presents for friends and family at the moment. I made this little pink heart for my friend Olivia's birthday and sent it to her in the post. Then there are a couple of shots of my room at the moment, I lovelovelove that silver embroidered bag that's hanging off of my mirror, it's been such a big source of inspiration for me with its delicate little acorns dangling at the bottom of it. The last photo is of the most adorable babydoll dress I'm going to be selling in my etsy shop, it's non-identical-colour twin is here. I took some fun/silly photos of me posing like a sleepy baby inspired by the film 'Marie Poupee' in this dress which I'll be putting up very soon...

Pinterest, lace and paisley love

Hi guys, I have a Pinterest now which I'm really enjoying using so why don't you follow me on there? Follow me here

I went to my lace-making group that meets once a month last night. Haven't been there since May perhaps, but the group are so welcoming and lovely and are very happy to teach me as a complete beginner! My work looks so odd besides their delicate closely patterned work, but I'm very excited to keep learning and apparently in 5/6 weeks of learning I'll be at the stage to make a fine bookmark! Here's what I produced last night...

Yes yes mine is the top one, cloth stitch and half-stitch I think! And the bottom is a found piece which I brought along to show them what I eventually wanted to achieve! The background is a vintage paisley wool Liberties scarf, which brings me onto wearing paisley scarves recently, we all love them right?

The red one is a really old silk one which I absolutely adore. Soft and big and cheaply bought and it has a B initial cross-stitched into the corner which makes it really special for me, B didn't want to lose her scarf!

It has a couple of holes near the corners now, but I'm going to make sure it lasts forever! My Liberties scarf has mainly been worn like a shawl by me recently since its been so chilly, and I like feeling like a granny wearing it this way!