Growing My Own Indigo

More than a year ago, I bought a bundle of seeds for nine different dye seeds. I intended to plant them in summer of 2021, but forgot to start the seeds early enough and then ended up moving in July so THAT didn’t happen. But I sent a digital calendar reminder for February/March of 2022 and that spurred me to…

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Nightshift Shawl

I’m here to show you my very first shawl! I never thought I was a shawl person because I pictured mainly women my grandmother’s age with a triangle of knitting draped around their shoulders while sitting in a rocking chair. I was perplexed by how many knitters I saw online making shawl after shawl after shawl. But then a friend…

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Cottesloe Swimsuit & Mesh Cover-Up

A friend alerted me a couple months ago to a big “buy 1m, get 2m free” sale at one of our local fabric stores, so I went the next day. I ended up picking up some ribbed swim fabric and a piece of neon pink mesh, and I was thinking I’d try to make my first bathing suit as well…

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Two Helen’s Closet York Aprons

Ever since Helen’s Closet released the apron expansion for the York Pinafore, I’d been meaning to make one. Four years later, I’ve finally made not one, but two! But neither of them are for me. This post features my mum and sister with matching York aprons! I got this lovely Rifle Paper Co. canvas from someone in a fabric swap…

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Colour Blocked Elodie Dress

I’m not sure how it happened that this is my first blog post of 2022, but I’m going to blame it on work being really busy, and me taking on too many big projects at once, getting overwhelmed, and then not wanting to do any of it. But I’ve been trying to eliminate works-in-progress to help with the overwhelm, and…

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