Yay! I just finished the other hut boot. It’s been a labour of love so I guess it makes a good Valentines day present.
We had a run of days last week that were over 40C and he asked me about three time when I was going to make the other boot. So I think that when the next heat wave rolls around, I’m going to make him wear them 🙂 Sound fair???? Continue reading “The hut boots are finished!!!!!!”
I think I probably did too good of a job on the hut boots. He’s been showing them around and now I have orders. Even saying that they have to BYO goose down wasn’t a deterrent. Now DH has given a pair of 30 year old Goretex overmits and a manky pair of gaiters. My next ‘challenge’ was to create new ones. Continue reading “Goretex Gloves and Gaiters: The next challenge”
I’m working on a knock-off of this jacket by Iro. Part of the appeal was the waffle fabric. The fabric I am going to use is hand-woven, a honeycomb weave, to have a similar texture to the original, but not as bulky.
The first jacket I tried weaving fabric for, I ended throwing out because my weaving wasn’t even. It was an expensive mistake so I’m taking a lot more care with this one ( and using much cheaper yarn) Continue reading “Iro Jacket Knock-Off: Part 1”
I bought this gorgeous textured knit from my “local” indie fabric store at the same time I picked up the pixel plaid wool. The pattern I had in mind was Lekala 4466 which is designed for knits and has a shawl collar, princess seams and two piece sleeves. Continue reading “Lekala 4466 Knit Blazer and other finish objects…”
The last part of the new wardrobe is the “wildcard” pack. The colours can be anything, as long as they match with some (not all) of the items in the previous packs. I’ve used orange tones in my wildcards. Continue reading “‘Start with a skein’ SWAP: Pack 4”
The next part of the new wardrobe is the blue pack – tencel denim shirt, linen jeans and cotton shorts. The details and photos are below. But first, a quick update on the progress of the scarf. I’ve wound the yarn onto the warping board. It was quite a slow process trying to keep the colours stacked as they were in the skein for 140 threads. There is a lot more light blue than I thought, but I can use those areas for the loom waste. Here is a picture, love the colours!!!! Continue reading “‘Start with a skein’ SWAP: Pack 2”
Recently I bought a lightweight sweater knit to make a summer pullover/cardi/beach cover-up type of thing. As you can tell, I didn’t have a firm idea of what I’d like to make with it. My first attempt didn’t really work, but I managed to salvage it into something I love. Continue reading “If at first you don’t succeed …. try again”
This project started off looking for a way to knock-off this Proenza Schouler t-shirt. It is a tie-dyed t-shirt retailing around AU$400 on ShopStyle. I just hope that most of the cost was involved in the labour to make the t-shirt, rather than the label.
My initial thoughts on how to replicate the patterning was to make horizontal accordion folds and then place rubber bands every 1- 1 .5”. The dye would need to be applied in stripes, with a couple of contrast stripes thrown in. My previous attempts at this type of tie-dye hadn’t worked very well, so I thought I’d have a look at a shibori technique called Mokume (woodgrain). It is a stitched resist form of dyeing and creates patterns like you find in ripples of sand at the beach. Continue reading “T-shirt Project: Mokume shibori”
I have been snoop shopping for a good design for boardshorts and decided to adapt these Marmot Lobo’s shorts. My ideal boardshorts are short enough to swim in without a heap of baggy fabric, but long enough that I can stop off at the local cafe on my way to the lake and not feel too self conscious.
The Marmot Lobo’s have slant pockets on the front and welt pockets on the back. There is also a small side pocket with an exposed zipper to hold a car key in. I like the style of these, especially the curved lines around the pockets . The outside looks fairly plain with a neat line of top stitching showing the line of the internal pockets. Continue reading “Designer Knock-off: Marmot Lobo’s shorts”
Last year I made the pattern last year “as-is” in leather and have worn it a lot. I have used the pattern as a base to knock-off of the Kuhl Burr jacket. This post covers the design changes that I made. Please see the original post for more detail on the original pattern / instructions etc. Continue reading “Lekala 4305 (Jacket With Stand Collar) in Denim”
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