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The fabric is absolutely gorgeous. It feels so nice that I wish I was making the shirt for myself! The print is larger than I was expecting, but this is good because it does make it more masculine. I thought it was a fairly gender-neutral print when I ordered it, so this is a good thing. I'm fairly sure the fiance will like it as he has bought himself a floral print button up shirt. I

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Don't you hate it when you have to renovate someone else's sewing? Last summer (2009-2010) I bought a skirt off Etsy. The colour was pretty, the skirt looked great in the photos. So I ordered it and paid for it. I should have had my suspicions when the guy questioned my measurements that I had sent...I'd ordered the size that I thought would best fit me - and apparently he thought that I'd

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Peter over at Male Pattern Boldness is having a men's shirt sew-along. As you can see from the side bar, I'm joining in on this one. I bought my pattern - the same one Peter is using - this morning from Colette Patterns. It is pattern No. 1014 from Negroni. I have previously made the Burdastyle.com Jakob for my fiance, but I found it a bit too boxy. So, while I could have just made a

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Yesterday, New Years Day, a friend and I went and saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 1) I have to say that they did a pretty good job of following the book and I am so very glad that they made the decision to do this final book in 2 parts. Today, 2nd January, I watched a movie that I wasn't too sure I was going to like. I bought it on iTunes becuase it was fairly cheap and was a '

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I'm pretty excited! My crochet headband was selected as a 'finalist' in this competition over at Burdastyle. I know that it won't win, but it is still nice to have the editors from Modcloth choose my design part of their top 25. Happy New Year everyone, don't get too silly!

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I have had a flat out year sewing costumes for work and haven't really had time - or the inclination - to blog. Now to end the drought are some pics from our end of year concert. Lemonade! I made these for the junior half of our concert. We presented "Babes in Toyland" and these girls did a cute little number to the lemonade song - if anyone knows the movie. 10 half tutus10 leotards with arm

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Since my last post things in the land of chrochet have gone a little, well insane. My long standing crochet project has progressed significantly and I have now run out of wool. Which has of course stalled my enthusiasm somewhat. Not to worry, I have another side project going and I have plenty of wool for that one - no pictures of that yet though. I have finally taken a picture of a

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Today has been pretty miserable. It started out ok and then just got worse. Rain has now set in and it is cold. Oh well, that is winter for you. So yes, slight case of cabin fever today. This is what I did to occupy myself. 1. Gave one of my fingers a slight case of wool-burn from doing a tad too much work on my 'on-going crochet project' . 2. Watched an episode of Babylon 5. 3. Made a

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This little sweat shirt is made from a terry-fleece that I picked up at an op-shop, so it is possibly quite old. The lace I have had in my stash for at least 5 years and I think it is this lace that gives the top that lovely 'nanna' feel. With a wide neck, this can be worn boat style or slouched of one shoulder. Made from Kwik-Sew pattern 2874 with the neck cut out a lot more. I actually cut

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I still haven't sewn anything for myself yet. (insert big frowny face) I am just about to start on the next lot of costume sewing. (insert sort of frowny face, but not so much of one as I do get financial results from my costuming exploits) My sewing room still looks like a bomb has been detonated in it. I really need a more effective way of storing all of my sewing stuff - what do you guys do

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Have to sew anymore lime green cotton lycra in the next few months, I think I will go crazy! During Sunday and Monday I made a total of 16 lime green crop tops, with lycra straps. UGH! Man, it was such a mission. I was on a deadline to get them done you see. That is why I overdosed on them. I sewed a hell of a lot of elastic on Monday as well. It took me an hour to attatch all of the straps to

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16 to be exact. 16 little bundles of scratchy fluff. Yes! I have finally finished sewing all layers on these little tutus. I now have the fun tasks of sewing the crutch, and tacking all of the layers on all 16 of these little buggers. I have invested in a tagging gun to assist with the tacking down of the many layers... Will keep you updated. Oh, and as a treat to myself for slogging my way

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As promised from yesterday's blog, here are the pictures of the lovely bowls I got at an Op-Shop. :) I think they are probably vintage to some degree, lets say 70s, but I'm not 100% sure. I still like them. All of the above for $4.50! Woo Hoo! Here is an example of the only other 2 types of bowls we have in our house.  Good for everyday use, but well you know, just a bit boring. When we

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It seems that I gave myself a tiny bit of burn-out. Either that or I just really need to go back to work. See when I get too bored I just seem to not want to really do anything and I get really negative. Bored. Boredy, bored, bored. I need to get back to work so the creative juices can start flowing. One more day to go and then hopefully I will feel better. 7 weeks of no working while not

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I'm not nesting for any particular reason. I had this fabric left over from a dance costume and a lounge that was very plain. So I made these 2 cushions a few days ago. They are pretty plain, I didn't have anything in my stash to put on them so they stayed plain. But I do live with a boy, and I accept that I can't have really girly stuff all over the house. Not that I am the girly decorator type

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My boyfriend (who is meant to be working) is currently off  'doing garage sales'. Don't ask...  Bloody paramedics... Anyway I get a phone call it went something like this: "You know that red dummy thing you have in your sewing room?" "My dress form?" "Yeah, that thing... do you need a new one?" "Yes, and I know what sort I want to buy when I go back to work and start getting money again." "

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Sorry for the hiatus of non-sewing stuff, but I really didn't think you guys wanted a daily update of the sewing of 16 tutus for under 8 year olds... This is where the problems began... I went onto ebay a few weeks ago. Big mistake. Spent money I shouldn't have spent. Got some pretty things though! I got this lycra. Although as a person who works with a lot of lycra, I wouldn't really

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I follow a couple of blogs that are primarily based around the personal style of the blogee. What I Wore, Cupcakes and Cashmere, Lady Melbourne... and I enjoy what these ladies come up with on a daily, weekly or whenever basis. See, I would love to do that sort of thing. Post pictures of what I wear everyday on my blog. But that is just me living in a fantasy world. See the real me, well I

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Today I put a couple of new items up in my etsy shop. Pajama Pants and Floral Blouse Both are now available for sale at my shop.

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We are just past halfway through summer and today I felt and saw the first evidence of Autumn, which I love so much. There was that smell in the air this morning before 9am, the grass was still wet and cool in the shade before lunch and early this evening I went for a walk and saw the first leaf turning it beautiful shade of autumn on the crepe myrtle trees that are still busily in bloom...

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Over at Meet Me At Mikes is a new craft challenge. A Granny a Day and Crochet school. I had started making granny squares last year after being inspired by this lovely image: The whole look of the room I just found adorable. I found this image at Home Sweet Home ages ago and at that time I was able to download the image onto my computer. They have since disabled that function though. But

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A special thanks goes out the Sunni of The Cupcake Goddess, for giving me a link to download a program that allowed me to make the fantastic banner you now see above. I'm pretty excited. :)  I don't know about you all, but I like it alot! Thanks Sunni! xoxo

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Today I made these They are no where near finished. This is only half of the - 8 - and only the top layer. I just figured out I am one tenth of the way through sewing on tulle. 16 tutus with 5 layers of tulle. Yay, fun times. It is quite boring really. Major production line stuff here. And then as a treat to myself and so I don't go crazy... I made this... I know the fabric is pretty

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I was bored, so I decided to have a look at style.com on my iphone. More specifically the latest collection from Balenciaga. I think because I had been reading Vogue Australia earlier and they mentioned Balenciaga, and it was first on the list on style.com. So yes, please peruse the following pictures. PHOTO ONE PHOTO TWO Can you see what I see? Captain Hammer's outfit is pretty

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The Selfish Seamstress has asked her fellow bloggers to help her spread awareness for fundraising for Haiti. See what you can do to help here. Thanks.

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You know how there are always those little things that you forget you want/need until you could use them? Well this list has some of those items on it, and then some bigger items that aren't really necessary, but I would like all the same. 1. Rotary cutter and mat 2. A nice cream coloured dress form. (I have a dress form, but it is 2nd hand and broken. And red.)I don't really need a new one,

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Am I crazy? I just put something up for sale on Etsy. KIRAPH Come and check it out. More items for sale soon!

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Well for a while anyway. And what party am I talking about? I'm talking about the "sew-stuff-for-me-only"party. It was fun while it lasted and I'm sure that now I have been biten by the self-sewing bug again (I'm wearing one of my own creations as I sit here typing this entry) I will surely make time for more self-sewing in the not too distant future. See the thing is I kind of have this little

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This Metalicus-Inspired cream knit dress! I would have liked to make the skirt out of some sort of circle - half circle, 3/4 circle, full circle would have probably been too full - but I didn't have the fabric to allow for it. So I got the a-line skirt that was slightly gathered at the top. The hem is finished with a narrow overlock stitch. I didn't have the wonder fabric that Metalicus use

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I made this sweet little cami yesterday and I am really quite taken with it... It is based off New Look Pattern 6164, however I have had the pattern for quite a few years so I doubt that you can get it anymore. It comes with a skirt as well. Now, according to the pattern and my bust measurment of yesterday I was supposedly a size 16. I don't think my boobs are anywhere near size 16 size, so

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This dress is very similar to the one I posted previously. But I get to keep this one! I have had the material in my stash for a couple of year and always intended on making a simple summer dress with it. So, when I decided to do a tutorial for Burdastyle I made this one so that I could take pictures of the process. I will post my tutorial on here as well. Basically it is a 6 panelled

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I know, I know, undies aren't really that interesting a project - but please bare with me on this one. Below is the result pair from undie pattern attempt number 1. That is actually a couple of strips of stretch lace on the side there, but the, um, weave (I guess that is the right word - correct me if I'm wrong) of the lace is very tight so it just looks like 2 blue strips. Anyway... I am on

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Now don't go getting all excited - I'm not pregnant. This dress was made for my Sister-In-Law who is expecting her first (and my brother's first) baby in early May. Just before Christmas she was looking for a Summer maternity dress and couldn't find anything. I had told her that if she'd let me know earlier I could have made one for her for Christmas. So, I decided to make her one after

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These started life as a present for my boyfriend. I had no pattern so I traced a pattern off a pair of his boardshorts. I obviously didn't do a very good job of tracing because once I had sewn the seams I tried them on myself to see if they were as big on me as his normal pair, they fit me quite well and thus would have been too small for James. So, instead of throwing them in the corner

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I have decided that my blogger blog will be my 'sewing' blog and my tumblr blog will be for 'other crap'.Just a heads up. So my few a far between followers, that is where the story is at!Hoping to start the sewing stuff shortly. It might actually make me do things for myself!!

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I have decided to try something new.Come and visit me at http://kiraph.tumblr.comThere may still be posts on here, but for the time being I will be at my new home.

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It has been ages since I have posted anything on my blog - but I don't have a lot of followers so to the very few of you who do follow, I hope you can forgive me.I have been doing the usual costume sewing lately and have not sewn anything for myself for months! It is a very sad state of affairs, and my stash has gotten fat as a result. More fabrics are bought, but no new clothes are made...My

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I went into General Pants today looking for clothing to buy and I swear that the fashion god had thrown up the 1980s in there. It was terrible...

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Man I am tired. :( Late night, disrupted sleep and for me an early morning. I have just finished my morning cup of tea and now have to get busy packing my bags for 5 days away from home. It is time for the annual Port Macquarie Eisteddfod and I have to go an watch as I have groups dancing. Not looking forward to it. It is being help in "The Glasshouse" and there are that many rules and regs which

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Well the Flair website finally put up the list of 'finalists' whose work gets shown on the runway. My name wasn't on it. Disappointing. Oh well, can't give up on the first try really, can you? I will be thinking of what to do for next year, but I don't think I will go in the same section again. It is a bit too limiting with what you can actually do. Unfortuantely that means that I won't be able

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Well, I got my garment (and cocktail hat) finished to my satisfaction and dropped off in time. I hand delivered on Friday. Fittings were yesterday and I am hoping that it fit on one of the models ok. Judging was today and so now I am just waiting for the finalists to be posted on the Flair website. They seem to be a little bit slow with their updating sometimes, but the Premiere Evening is less

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I haven't updated in a while as I have been a bit busy getting my garment ready for entry into The Flair Awards! The 'garment' consists of 2 pieces. A dress and a little cape/cloak to go over the top. I am also going to being adding a millinery piece - but I am going to do that last. :) So far I have nearly completed my cape. It just need to have fasteners attached and the final little finishing

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Sometimes I love going into op shops.This morning I had to go down town to organise a repair for our dishwasher - fun times - and thought that while I was down there I may as well go into the local op shop and see what was to be found. Now, I understand that a small rural op shop is not going to have a well stocked inventory of those lucky to find one-off clothing pieces that you sometimes come

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Well, I finished it!!I actually really surprised myself. Instead of flinging it into a corner in disgust I pushed on and finished the whole thing. And with a good finish to everything as well. It is still too big - as I thought it was going to be. Adjustments to the side seam and some ties so I can bring the back in are in order...

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-36396485977491627832009-07-19T18:24:00.000+10:002009-07-19T18:34:16.172+10:00

I spent a lot of time sewing up my JJ blouse today. It is nearly finished, I just have to put the sleeves in, hem and do the button holes. Number 1: I didn't like how the sleeves were done so I kind of got a bit stuck on those and then I changed how I was going to do them. I'm still not happy with them.Number 2: It is too big. Now I'm not sure if this is because I used a fabric that had too much

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-40994462291549785862009-07-09T19:57:00.000+10:002009-07-09T20:34:12.759+10:00

The black skirt I mention in my previous post has now been cut out and sewn apart from the hem. It took me a long time to level a 2 circle skirt, but well worth the effort as it will look much better. I wasn't looking forward to sewing it so I have kind of been putting it off a bit... and below is a picture of one of the things I did to procrastinate.I got a whole stack of these beautiful

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-16907494796666168582009-06-23T23:06:00.000+10:002009-06-23T23:17:51.215+10:00

I finally made something for myself! Hooray! I did my usual thing of making it slightly too big... so I had to take some width off the sides. After sewing the waist facing on I thought it was still too big so spent a lovely hour or so sitting in front of the tv whilst unpicking. Took in front darts a further 1 cm each.Waist (hip) now sat at a more comfortable level. So I then took in my facing

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-84016271947645516082009-06-08T12:55:00.000+10:002009-06-08T13:03:58.940+10:00

I recently discovered that one kind of happiness is rediscovering something from your childhood. While I was getting petrol on Friday, I went in to pay and noticed that the service station was carrying Darrell Lea products. I was initially drawn to the really yummy licorice, but then I saw these little lovelies. They are called 'Little Bo Peeps' and they are are something that I would get every

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-24595462443559169232009-06-03T20:57:00.001+10:002009-06-03T21:02:34.110+10:00

1. We are getting our ceiling painted. I am looking forward to having it finished. Hopefully when I get home from work on Saturday afternoon it will be all done!2. I had a lovely weekend just gone. Helped a friend celebrate her 25th birthday. Was nice to spend some girly time with no boys around. :)3. I am hoping that my sewing machine and overlocker are ready for me to pickup on Friday. They are

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-69129793212652176082009-05-19T15:15:00.000+10:002009-05-19T15:43:42.486+10:00

12 tutus, 11 boyleg unitards and several one-off costumes and one eisteddfod of 2 weeks duration and it is all over and done!! For now! Can't tell you how much I am enjoying not having to sit at the sewing machine. While I was 'working' cause it was work I just kept thinking of all these things I wanted to make for myself and now that I have the time to do it I don't have the urge. I'm sure it

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-62105021788845315392009-04-10T15:46:00.000+10:002009-04-10T15:54:11.107+10:00

Today is my boyfriend's birthday. I feel the need to point out that I think we have been together too long to call each other 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' though. 9 years is a fair hike of a distance - well to a spring chicken like me.So yes, it is his birthday and I have just put his birthday cake into the oven. It is a mocha cake that I got from a recipe book that came with our coffee machine.

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-38967126378981065202009-03-19T12:25:00.000+11:002009-03-19T12:36:45.584+11:00

Even though it has 'officially' been Autumn for 19 days, I feel that this lovely season - probably my favourite - has only been asserting itself in the last few days. We are now in need of the doona on the bed for most of the night, if I am up early enough in the morning (ie before 8.30 am) I need long sleeves on and it is 12.30 pm (daylight saving time) and there is still dew on the grass

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-76814248846290839952009-03-17T12:10:00.000+11:002009-03-17T12:17:41.377+11:00

Well I have just finished my 2nd costume. Many, many to go. Some are in various stages of construction some I haven't even started yet. Eep! My usual online source of fabric sent me the wrong thing in my recent order, which has delayed my starting that particular project, but the replacement material should be here at the end of the week. I am just enjoying a cup of coffee before I go and get

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-20902220900898096392009-03-13T09:59:00.000+11:002009-03-13T10:04:18.790+11:00

And so begins another day. Contemplating how my morning will take form.I have already slept for a chunk of it. Ahhh sleep.Work starts a 1pm. Really need to do some choreography for a routine, but I just can't get my head in the right space. But I seriously need to do it.It appears I am having difficulty spelling today...I also need to cut some music for another routine. And amplify music as my

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-58306799114125482062009-02-18T14:59:00.000+11:002009-03-09T12:57:25.508+11:00

Well, it has been quite a while since I have blogged anything but that is mainly because I haven't had anything to blog about! I have had a very extended break from sewing over our Christmas break and am now getting back into it. Once again, I am doing costume sewing for students for one of the eisteddfods that is coming up in May. Yes, I know that seems a long way off, but when you have nearly

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-75231703506009837642008-12-26T10:40:00.000+11:002008-12-26T11:04:01.066+11:00

I got my pjs finished with plenty of time left before Christmas and I was very pleased with how they turned out! My brother and new sister-in-law liked them too!These ones were for my sister-in-law.These ones were for my brother!

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Okay, well yesterday started the pre-xmas clean the house thing. I did the lounge-room, office nook (which took ages it was an absolute mess) and some of the verandah. It was a long day. Then I went out for our end of year staff dinner and had a lovely time! I don't get much of a chance to go out so when I do I like to dress up and look pretty! Yay!Today, I put the xmas tree up and the other few

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-74078364992425406572008-12-02T11:54:00.000+11:002008-12-03T10:39:43.295+11:00

What a week! Ballet concert rehearsal and a wedding! phew!Wednesday and Thursday saw the beginning of 3 days of rehearsal for our annual concert. Friday was another rehearsal day but I wasn't there for that one as I was on my way to Sydney for my brother's wedding which was on Saturday and in which I was a bridesmaid. Anyway, the wedding went off well despite the fact that my dress was too big

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-1796809321239607572008-11-24T11:56:00.000+11:002008-11-24T15:40:26.965+11:00

Today I walked into the town centre – such as it is – to get some bleach from the supermarket as I needed to turn something that was cream in colour to something that was white in colour. Anyway, I decided that I would drop into our local op shop (thrift shop) just to have a look around and see if they had anything interesting. Low and behold right near the door a stack of old patterns selling

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-36794887606025939662008-11-18T21:36:00.000+11:002008-11-20T09:07:25.888+11:00

No sewing news on the blog today. Today I went to see the physio.I have been experiencing knee discomfort on and off for a few months and have been finding it a bit disturbing that my knee cap seemed to be moving around in ways it is not meant to. So, finally biting the bullet before I did something really silly to it - as could be likely by being a ballet teacher - off to the physio I

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-56441154685082663292008-11-16T18:43:00.000+11:002008-11-20T09:05:52.611+11:00

Here is my Tinker Bell costume on our very cute student who is dancing that particular part. The dress part of this costume is finished, yay! The wings she is wearing are a prototype so all that is left to do is to finish them off properly as my boss was really happy with them! Hopefully next week I will have some more detailed photos!I am pretty happy with how it has turned out, but if I have

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-44734222118824057802008-11-10T21:22:00.000+11:002008-11-20T09:05:07.769+11:00

I thought I would have posted a bit earlier than this, but I must admit that I have been a bit distracted of late. You see, I bought myself the "Sex and the City" box set and movie with money I got for my birthday so I have been kind of sex-and-the-city-ing-myself-to-pieces.... I have finished all 6 seasons and am waiting for a good time to watch the movie - ie when the significant other isn't

Kiraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665422207130651690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903535218918069885.post-62194643079013876222008-10-28T21:09:00.000+11:002008-10-28T23:47:55.074+11:00

As you can probably see from my title today, it's Tuesday night and I'm bored. I spent the majority of today finishing off a sewing project for a sew-along on www.burdastyle.com and I have to say that it did turn out quite well despite the fact that my procrastination and distraction of said task lead me to nearly stuff it up on a couple of occassions! I then tackled the computer trying to upload

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