...........so ............this is the jacket that started it all and now that I have finally started working on it one year later, I am wondering how I picked up such an odd one! It was 2euro, the colour of my old school uniform and it's like wearing 1983 - you may not be able to … Continue reading green car coat to ‘racing green’ coat with a hood
Month: March 2015
stripy tee – with crochet panel
gosh - these 1euro buys....... currently I am on a self-imposed charity shop buy ban (unless its so so essential - are coats essential?) as I have to work through what I have! This tee shirt was bought as I wanted to try out a crochet panel on a tee shirt which is pretty much … Continue reading stripy tee – with crochet panel
favourite colours and holbein
Favourite colours have been on my mind these last few months, from a lovely comment left by Bobbi and also the great chat last month about favourite colours with my friends daughter Amina. I listed off mine, and she listed hers. as being 3 years old, hers predictably were pink and purple but during our … Continue reading favourite colours and holbein
Butterick 3652 restyle a coat to (yet) another coat
So .................another coat - I got it about 2 months ago (yes, possibly an coat addiction here) , and still amazed these coats are so cheap, this coat was was 3euro, 50%wool 25%lambswool, and 25% cashmere and a good neutral colour, whats not to like (nobody wanted to buy it for 20 so they reduced … Continue reading Butterick 3652 restyle a coat to (yet) another coat
marfy blouse – uaine on the bias
This poor skirt was sitting on the euro rail last year - I got it as I like green, and its a viscose linen. As a bias skirt - I wouldn't be able to wear it, bias enhances any potential curve (I think bias skirts are to be avoided at all costs for pear-me ......) … Continue reading marfy blouse – uaine on the bias
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