Kiss of blue.

Am I the only one who finds it ridicuously amusing when you eat blueberries and your lips and teeth get stained all blue?

Hmmm perhaps so...

In which case, I hope the pretty new sunglasses manage to distract from my ghastly lips.

Wearing Ksubi sunglasses, CR mens tshirt.

Flight of fancy.

Messing around on my beautiful Bernina the other evening, I whipped up this top from some leftover furry fabric. It’s a really basic cut, so whilst loitering around the sewing shop on Sunday I pounced on these fantastic feathers to jazz it up a bit.

Half an hour later (with my floor looking like a birds nest), I now have a feathery take on shoulder pads. Such fun!

Wearing handmade top.

Bernina love.

I haven't posted in absoloutly forever, and my only reason is that I just needed a bit of a break. In heinsight, I probably should have said this was coming but it was all rather spur of the moment. But I am now back from under my rock and ready to roll.

I spurged big time a week or so ago on my first sewing machine, the beautiful Bernina Activa230. It is pretty much heaven, and I'm shockingly sleep deprived at the moment due to many a late night sewing session. Midnight sewing proves to be highly productive, so plenty of new outfits are in my ironing pile, ready to be photographed. Keep your eyes peeled...

Black and white.

My lovely friend Ollie created this and sent it through to me last night. It instantly added some cheer to my dismal day.

Don't you just love talented friends!?

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Fragile.

Not having the best of days, unfortunatly.

There are those days where all you want to do is curl up in a ball and cry the day away.

It's a shame reality -and work- come knocking.

Wearing diy cotton on mens tshirt, handmade skirt.

Ice in sunshine.

There is sunshine today! Ridicuously exciting, as all my winter garments are beginning to aggrivate me. Summer is my favourite time of the year, and the warmer weather we've been having here the past few days is like a shot of happiness!

I whipped on the latest blouse I've made for a day spent running all over the place getting the last bits of my portfolio together. Applications for AUT are due in at the end of this week, and I'm off to hand mine in in the morning. Rather nerveracking, but also very exciting to see a lot of my work all come together. Celebrations will most definatly be in order after it's handed in!

Wearing handmade blouse.

I've got my heart on a string.

Hurrah for the $4 t-shirt!

I made up this t-shirt at midnight a day or so ago, and wore it out last night for a fun evening. Tutorials on 4-strand plaiting were watched, nutella sandwiches were consumed and movies were laughed at.

For the t-shirt I plaited strips of the fabric and then hand-sewed it down on top of the top. A tad time consuming but I'm more than happy with the result. It's wonderfully exciting being able to start wearing warmer-weather pieces of clothing!

Wearing handmade t-shirt, nudie jeans.