by Quirky Kiwi | Jul 6, 2019 | Completed Garment, Miscellaneous
The Fabric Stash Pledge (my self-imposed year of not buying any fabric) has finished! Yippee!!! However, it was a success and a failure, all at the same time! You see I didn’t buy any fabric (apart from the 3 metres of Gertie fabric my husband bought for me for...
by Quirky Kiwi | Jun 8, 2018 | Completed Garment
Meet the Psychedelic Heather Dress, a pattern by Sew Over It, or as my husband likes to refer to it, the Psycho Dress! As soon as this pattern was released, I knew I wanted to make one as it looked just so comfy. However, finding suitable fabric that I liked was quite...
by Quirky Kiwi | Mar 8, 2018 | Completed Garment
The moment I clapped eyes on the Charm Patterns Rita Blouse by Gertie, I knew I had to make it, and probably more than one of them! I had a similar shaped top (from Primark!) which I wore for years until it shrunk in the wash – I swear it did! 😉 It was plain...
by Quirky Kiwi | Sep 15, 2017 | Completed Garment, Vintage
I wasn’t planning on entering the challenge this year . . . . . . but then I saw the Vintage Section pattern! That skirt! The back view of that skirt! *swoon* So I requested the pattern and proceeded to plan my entry – I would make the skirt and, if...
by Quirky Kiwi | Sep 5, 2017 | Completed Garment
I needed a lightweight, zip-up fleece or sweatshirt to replace one I’d been wearing around the house for years, which had quite frankly seen much better days! So I was casually keeping my eye out for a suitable pattern. The Halifax Hoodie by Hey June Patterns...
by Quirky Kiwi | Aug 29, 2017 | Completed Garment
Okay, so only Kiwis of a certain age will understand the title of this post, so sorry to everyone else, but I just couldn’t resist! 😀 Right, onto the dress! I bought this fabric in a non-stretch woven cotton a fews years ago, envisaged a dress, it was going to...
