Autumn has just begun and the morning are already starting to get cold in the old nation’s capital. It was on one particularly chilly morning when I realised for the third year running that while my summer and winter work wardrobes are pretty good I have a big gap in my clothes for transitional season…
Amanda vs floral Hinterland Dress
Confession: I am super loving my summer of prints! My wardrobe is feeling much for Amanda-esque now and I wanted to complete the trifecta of print jumpsuit/top/dress for my next February sewing project. Enter two of my tried and trues: Kirsten Katz designed cotton and the Hinterland Dress. It’s basically Amanda catnip! This is my…
Amanda vs ruffled Ashton Top
I am a huge fan of a repeat pattern experience. I often don’t post my repeat patterns on here (no-one needed to see my six versions of an ivory merino Plantain Tee) but when I do something fun (floral Zadie) then I’ll have a share. So today you’re getting some sweet repeat action–Ashton Top–and a…
Amanda vs floral Zadie jumpsuit
At the start of December I took a trawl through the instagram hashtag for all my makes and noticed that over the last couple of years that I had slowly and subconsciously been removing prints and louder colours from sewing projects. I’ve got a few theories on why it was happening and not liking how…
