So in my head I was all “2013 is your year of grown up sewing Amanda. You can make some rad cake pieces and focus on block colours and try cocktails made with vodka for a change and it will be epic”. Cue almost two weeks in and my first sewing project involves a sassy…
New Wardobe
Amanda vs The Cambie Dress Part Two
Amanda + First Cambie attempt = fail. Amanda + Second Cambie attempt = win! Hooray! Yeah, that’s right. After the disastrous sundress attempt of earlier this year I was finally brave enough to take on Cambie again but with a new fabric. Rushed into wanting a cute dress to skittle around Sydney and sip cocktails…
Amanda vs Pendrell Blouse
Spring is sprung Canberra way! And you know what that means? Busting out my short sleeve patterns like a boss. Enter the Pendrell blouse teamed with some cute as a button multicoloured dotted swiss. Can we say spring win? I must admit this pattern has been in my stash for quite a while because I…
Amanda vs Cambie Dress
‘Twas the best of times, ’twas the blurst of times. The best of times: I made myself a cute as a button Cambie dress. The blurst of times: The dodgy gingham I dug out from the bottom of my stash stretched hideously during the construction process and by the time I was done my frock had…
