Aqua late 1920s dress

Right the first of the outfits I made for the Art Deco Festival. The earthquake in Napier happened in 1931, but if you look online art deco first started before World War 1, but didn’t actually take on until the late 1920s and then continued into the 30s. Fashion wise, this covers drop-waisted flapper style …

Napier Art Deco Festival

As I mentioned in my plans for 2021, we were going up to Napier in the Hawke’s Bay region of NZ for their Art Deco Festival. In the weeks from Christmas to the Festival, I have been non-stop sewing for this week! The Art Deco Festival is a celebration of the city which was rebuilt …

Itch to Stitch Emily Culottes

I made more culottes! I decided I needed something similar to shorts for summer and some shorter culottes would be perfect. Enter, the Emily Culottes from Itch to Stitch. This pattern was one of those impulse purchases. I saw a friend post some images of some Itch to Stitch shorts on Instagram and saw these on …

Scroop Patterns Ngaio Blouse

This is my first make for this year and what a great make!  I’ve looked at this pattern a number of times, but just haven’t gone any further. I was searching online for Art Deco/30s patterns and suddenly it clicked in my brain, I needed no convincing, it was in my cart and I’d bought …

Plans for 2021 – Make What 2021?

As much as I’ve loved taking part in Make Nine the last couple of years, I’m not sure I want to call it a Make Nine this year. I make way more than nine things a year, so why call it a Make Nine? I have plans and lots of them, so rather than a …

#MakeNine2020 completed

This was my second MakeNine. I’m finding the process helpful to have a focus for the year and make sure I do actually use some of the fabric and patterns I already have in stash. Considering the year we’ve had, my Make Nine was, I reckon, pretty successful. I’m still behind on blogging stuff, but …

Love Notions Rhapsody Blouse

This was a definite impulse purchase! I blame it on Andrea from Christchurch. She posted her version of this blouse on Instagram and I couldn’t let it go, I just had to click buy! This is the Love Notions Rhapsody Blouse. The pattern is available as a blouse and dress. “This blouse & dress is …

T-shirts galore

One plan this year was to make some more T-shirts. One is actually from my MakeNine2020, the others are repeat makes of what is now a TNT pattern. Muse Hipi TopTwo more versions of this top. The Muse Hipi top is a really quick and easy make. I was a tester of the original pattern …

Grainline Scout Tee – the lace version

    I was going to post a new item, then thought it would be good to post this.  This is the Grainline Scout Tee, which I actually made around 2½ years back! I was looking for something simple to make a lace style top which would go with a lot and was quick and easy to …

Nina Lee Camden Pinafore

Catching up a bit on some makes made earlier in the year. This is the Nina Lee Camden Pinafore. After the success of my Ivy Pinafore and realising how much I was wearing it, I decided I needed another pinafore in my life. I went to search online to see what I could find. I …