Me made wardrobe update
It’s been a while since I did a sewing update and there have been a few things added to my wardrobe over the past couple of months. First up, another long bright coloured skirt. No […]
Author: Rachel McKelvie
Cheese roll filling – aka Cheese “Crack”
One of the things we got given for Christmas was a jar of Cheese roll filling. For those of you not familiar with what a cheese roll is, it is a slice of white bread, […]
Vinyl revival
We recently brought a 1974 Akai turntable in mint condition from the amazing and highly recommended WT Audio in Lower Hutt. It belonged to a doctor who had gone into a retirement home and he […]
60’s vintage vibe
I recently borrowed a copy of North and South magazine from a work colleague and there was a great article in there about Diane Ludwig and her love of vintage fashion. She rescues vintage pieces […]
Vintage and Thrift
Here in Wellington we have a number of great thrift shops to choose from and I visit quite regularly. Recently we made a trek out to Upper Hutt as we hadn’t visited the shops out […]
Me Made wardrobe update
As promised in my last wardrobe post, we had another coat making day with 4 coats made. I made the short version of the Nova Coat in a purple pinstripe Japanese wool that I purchased […]
Hand knitted socks
4 years ago I decided that I was going to knit myself a pair of socks. Fast forward 3 years to Lockdown 1.0 and the half a sock that was languishing in my WIP pile […]
Nova Coat sew-a-long
Very fittingly on the first day of Me Made May, I met up with three friends for a Nova Coat sew-a-long. Myself, A and J were making coats and M was there to give us […]
I brought a new thing
Full disclosure, I brought a new item of clothing from a shop. That means I went 2 years and 4 months without buying a new piece of clothing. If you have been following along, everything […]
Me Made Wardrobe Part 2
I have been very busy in the sewing room of late, rustling up all sorts of goodies. Lets take a look shall we? First up we have a pull on pocketed dress made using some […]