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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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A Year of Thrift

Happy New Year!  I thought I would give an update on my slow fashion journey throughout 2020.  As mentioned in this post, I pledged not to buy any new clothes for another year after a […]

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New Year. Slow Fashion

Happy New Year and Happy New Decade everyone! I thought I would report in on the pledge I made last year to not buy any new clothes and appreciate and wear what I already had.  […]

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Slow fashion

I am doing really well with my pledge to not buy any new clothes this year.  I did buy some yarn for my mother – in – law to knit me a jersey but i’m […]

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The fashion revolution

At the start of the year, I decided that I wasn’t going to buy any new clothes this year.  Full disclosure, I did buy 5 pairs of  undies last month. I was skimming through Instagram […]

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