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 | Jul 2, 2018 | Future Projects, Miscellaneous
So, what is the (scary) fabric stash pledge? I, Megan, the Quirky Kiwi, have pledged not to buy ANY fabric for one year! Why? Here’s why! As you can see I have a lot of fabric, 292 metres of it in fact! (It doesn’t even include all the fabric I bought to...
by Quirky Kiwi | Aug 27, 2017 | Miscellaneous, Vintage
As you may know, I entered the Vintage Section of the Simplicity Sewing Challenge last year. You may not know however, that I won it! 😃 I was very, very surprised! There were so many fabulous entries that I thought my top didn’t stand a chance....
by Quirky Kiwi | Oct 30, 2015 | Miscellaneous
There’s one type of email which always gets me very excited – an email from one of the Big Four pattern companies informing me their new patterns for the coming season have been released. But the excitement is not for the reason you might think . . . I...
by Quirky Kiwi | Sep 13, 2015 | Miscellaneous, Vintage
OK, this isn’t really a sewing related post, but I’m hoping you won’t mind a little detour! My Mum bought this hand tatted cardigan from an op shop (charity shop, thrift shop) in New Zealand and I’m trying to find out a little more about it,...
by Quirky Kiwi | Jun 21, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Please say a big “hello!” to Gertie – my mannequin 😀 I’ve never owned a dressmakers dummy/mannequin, but I’ve thought about it many times. I always seemed to get caught up in the debate of whether an adjustable or non-adjustable one...
