I am excited to announce that Naomi Ito’s incredible new collection for Kokka, nani IRO 2013 has arrived and is in the store. I am still waiting on three woodblock pocho prints, but they should be here sometime this month. In the meantime, I am happily overwhelmed with how gorgeous this collection is and have [...]
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Geranium Christmas dress and tunic
Hello sweet ones. Happy New Year! 2013 has gotten off to a pretty slow start around here but I guess that is not a bad thing. I’m super excited for a year full of sewing though and this year I am going to make a serious effort to document everything, no matter how simple the [...]
Sewing a lot and blogging a little
Looking back over this past year I realised I have done a lot of sewing but almost no blogging. That has made for a pretty lonely looking blog so I’m going to make efforts to change that, starting right about now. Earlier this year I made a lovely double gauze scarf which is perfect for [...]
The beginnings of a blanket
Inspired by all the quilty goodness Melanie has been posting about recently over at A Sewing Journal* I decided to make a larger version of this blanket. And when I say make I actually mean choose fabric, wash fabric, fold fabric, admire fabric, and lovingly place in pile with other fabrics waiting to magically transform [...]
Thank you, Sweet Delivery Man
I have been waiting and waiting, as patiently as possible, for this beauty of a collection to arrive. It is finally here and it is as gorgeous as you can imagine. Naomi Ito is brilliant, that is for sure. Here is a little sneak peak of what is to come over the next few days. [...]
