#me-made

Lumi (it means "snow" in Finnish) is all set for winter weather with her hand knit woolly scarf!

Lumi is made from icy blue curly mohair, has safety eyes, an embroidered nose, and a shiny snowflake button for a belly button. Lumi is filled with polypellets, and is great for hugging! Lumi wears a warm knitted wool-mix scarf.

Lumi is about 27 cm long from ears to toes.

Dear Veronica,

It has been my goal for the longest time to make all my own clothing or repurpose existing clothing to keep it out of the land fill and extend it’s life.This goal has been slowed down by 2 things: my sewing machine running at a snail’s pace, and my lover getting cancer, necessitating me giving up most of my activities to drive him to and from daily Dr. appointments.

But recently I managed to turn a skirt into a dress and I’m proud as a peacock. It fits great and is super comfortable. So I’m tempted to wear it every day until I get something else made to go with it. Except it is already too cold to do that.  I need to make some leggings because all the elastic has died in mine, and I need to make tops so I can wear my dress like a jumper.  And my old sweater needs replacing. I’ve started knitting about five sweaters but can never seem to finish any of them.  I did make a red and black shrug awhile back so I can wear that over the top I suppose, though the dress is gray and they don’t really go together stylistically. 

I do have a plain black linen dress that I bought to wear to a wedding. I’m dying to cover it with embroidery. I think I will start at the hem and work my way up.

I’ve decided to use foxes as my signature animal so the first thing I want to embroider right now is a fox. 

Mad as a hatter

Ahoy there friends! It’s coming up to a year since I last managed to post here – last year was my most academically demanding year of university, and took up pretty much all my time and energy up to November. Then it was Christmas a frenzy of sewing (and no blogging) ensued; on Boxing Day I left for an overseas holiday + university placement in the UK. When I arrived back in March, I was off to…

As long time followers will know, whilst my real sewing passion is whipping up endless dresses (especially ballgowns), I do try and keep my makes somewhat practical with some separates here and there. And, truth be told, even I must admit that I do get more wear out of my me-made tops and bottoms on a day to day basis than all my fancy frocks 😛 So amongst all the dresses I’ve been posting about…

Life’s sweeter in pink

I have to say, writing this post I am feeling a little (very) nostalgic for my summer holidays – right now, cosyed up by the fire, I really do wish I was back in the warm weather, waltzing around in this pink gingham ensemble (i.e. one of my favourite outfits EVER). I’d been wanting a retro outfit in pink gingham for some months now; I can’t remember the exact inspiration, but I’ve definitely…

I’m not even going to apologise for my extended absences any more readers – as I’m sure many of you will realise, med school take up *quite* a lot of my time, and frequently if I have a choice of how to spend my spare time between sewing or blogging about it – I’m going to choose actually making things! Still, I do enjoying writing about my creations and sharing them with you all (no matter how…

And now for something completely different

I’m still catching up on blogging a few old makes! This time I have another gift for my sister, her Christmas present – which I managed to give her on time I’m proud to say :p A dancer and committed gym-goer, I made my sister something I knew she’d love – some coordinating activewear! Obviously, this was quite a departure from my usual sewing fare of retro ensembles, ballgowns and lacy lingerie,…